Hédi Nouira

Hédi Nouira ( Arabic الهادي نويرة, DMG al-Hādī Nuwaira ; * April 5, 1911 in Monastir ; † January 25, 1993 in La Marsa ) was a Tunisian politician and Prime Minister from 1970 to 1980.

Shortly after studying law in Paris , in 1934 he founded one of the first cells of Habib Bourguiba's Destur party . After working in the Tunisian resistance movement, the lawyer quickly became one of the leading politicians alongside Bourguiba. From 1942 to 1954 he was general secretary of the Destur party.

Under Prime Minister Taha Ben Ammar, he became Minister of Commerce on August 7, 1954. When Bourguiba himself became prime minister of the French protectorate on April 11, 1956 , the latter appointed him finance minister and, after independence in 1956, commissioned him to set up the central bank. Subsequently, Nouira served as its governor from 1958 to 1970. He was succeeded as finance minister by Bahi Ladgham . Since 1969 Nouira was also general secretary of the Neo Destur party .

On November 2, 1970, Nouira succeeded Prime Minister Ladgham, who had only been in office since October 19, 1969, after President Bourguiba had decided to give up socialism in favor of economic liberalization. During his tenure he was mainly involved in reforming the national economy and the social system. In 1971 he was also briefly interior minister. In 1974 he opposed the union project with Libya operated by Foreign Minister Muhammad Masmudi and thus contributed to its overthrow. As Prime Minister he was also the designated successor to President Bourguiba until a stroke ended his political career in 1980.

On April 23, 1980, he was replaced by Mohamed Mzali as Prime Minister.

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Individual evidence

^ Victime d'un trouble vasculaire cérébral Le premier ministre, M. Hedi Nouira est hospitalisé à Paris. In: Le Monde . February 28, 1980, accessed January 17, 2019 (French).
↑ nawaat.org: Béji Caïd Essebsi, un vieillard tunisien, ancien dictateur, encore assoiffé de pouvoir ( Memento of January 17, 2019 in the web archive archive.today ) (French)

personal data
SURNAME	Nouira, Hédi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nouira, Mohamed al-Hedi Ben Amira Ben Mohamed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Tunisian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Monastir
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1993
Place of death	La Marsa

[1] Victime d'un trouble vasculaire cérébral Le premier ministre, M. Hedi Nouira est hospitalisé à Paris. In: Le Monde . February 28, 1980, accessed January 17, 2019 (French).

[2] waat.org: Béji Caïd Essebsi, un vieillard tunisien, ancien dictateur, encore assoiffé de pouvoir ( Memento of January 17, 2019 in the web archive archive.today ) (French)