Hamma Hammami

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Hamma Hammami (2011)

Hamma Hammami ( Arabic حمة الهمامي; *  January 8, 1952 in El Aroussa ) is a Tunisian politician and chairman of the Tunisian Labor Party and the Popular Front party alliance .

Political life

For his participation in the student revolt of February 1972 and in the banned opposition movement El Amal Ettounsi , Hammami had to endure a long prison sentence under President Habib Bourguiba . It was only after Amnesty International put him on a list of political prisoners that he was released six years later.

In 1986 Hammami founded the Communist Workers' Party of Tunisia (PCOT) and has been its spokesman ever since. Even after long-time President Ben Ali came to power , he was a well-known opposition member who was subjected to ongoing political persecution and was repeatedly arrested and tortured.

After weeks of protests in the wake of the Tunisian revolution , Hammami publicly called on the then president to resign. He was then arrested again on January 12, 2011, but was released a good two days later when President Ben Ali actually gave in to street pressure on January 14 and resigned.

As a candidate for the Tunisian Popular Front , Hammami contested the 2014 presidential election and achieved 7.82% in the first ballot, but failed to make it into the runoff election as third-placed behind Beji Caid Essebsi and incumbent Moncef Marzouki .

Private life

Hammami has been married to human rights activist Radhia Nasraoui since 1981 and has three children, Nadia, Oussaïma and Sarah. As a former active member of the Club Africain sports club , he still feels connected to the club today.

Books

  • Against Obscurantism , Tunis, 1985
  • Perestroika - a counter-revolution , Tunis, 1988
  • The history of the labor movement in Tunisia , Tunis, 1989
  • Tunisian Society - A Social and Economic Study , Tunis, 1989
  • On secularism , Tunis, 1990
  • Tunisian Women - Present and Future , Tunis, 1992
  • The Path of Dignity , Paris, 2002
  • Who judges whom? , Tunis, 2013
  • Freedom or tyranny? , Tunis, 2013
  • Women and Socialism Today , Tunis, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Amnesty International : Hamma Hammami - Chronology of Repression. Retrieved December 22, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Tunisia imposes curfew in Tunis to swelling protests. January 13, 2011, accessed December 22, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Reporters Without Borders : Hamma Hammami a été arrêté dans la capitale en plein déploiement militaire. (No longer available online.) January 12, 2011, archived from the original on December 22, 2014 ; Retrieved December 22, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fr.rsf.org
  4. ^ Amnesty International : Authorities urged to release or charge Tunisian activists. January 14, 2011, accessed December 22, 2014 .
  5. ^ Tunisian president forced from power as state of emergency declared. In: The Daily Telegraph . January 14, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 .
  6. ^ Hamma Hammami officiellement candidat à la présidentielle. In: Business News. September 18, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 (French).
  7. ^ Biography de Hamma Hammami, candidat à la Présidentielle de 2014. In: Business News. September 23, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 (French).
  8. ↑ Hamma Hammami assiste à la presentation du «Projet: Club Africain 2020». In: webdo.tn. May 22, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Hammami, Hamma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES حمة الهمامي (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH El Aroussa