Nouira's cabinet

Hédi Nouira was Prime Minister of Tunisia between 1970 and 1980

The Nouira cabinet was formed on November 2, 1970 by Prime Minister Hédi Nouira of the Socialist Destur Party (PSD). It replaced the Ladgham cabinet and remained in office until April 23, 1980, when it was replaced by the Mzali cabinet .

Composition and government policy 1970 to 1980

The following ministers and state secretaries belonged to the cabinet:

First Cabinet (November 6, 1970 to October 29, 1971)

The poor state of health and the resulting long stays abroad by President Habib Bourguiba make the question of succession and the future of the presidential system the dominant domestic political issue. The reform wing around the former Interior Minister Ahmed Mestiri prevailed against Bourguiba at the party congress of the PSD (October 11-15, 1971) with proposals to reform the constitution. Bourguiba and Prime Minister Hédi Nouira then ousted the reformers and consolidated their control over the political system over the next few years. In 1971 the ten-year long-term plan started in 1962 came to an end. It defined its own “Tunisian path to socialism” with extensive structural reforms and “autonomous development” through an integrated system of private, cooperative and state-owned companies. The centerpiece was the agrarian reform, which provided for an equalization of property relations, cooperative cultivation and education for a new consciousness. As a result of the plan, extensive government investments in industry increased production by 106 percent between 1962 and 1971, primarily in phosphate mining and oil production, as well as in manufacturing industries such as textiles, building materials and phosphates. In the export period, oil, phosphates and textiles displace agricultural products such as olive oil from the top. Important sources of foreign exchange are tourism and the transfers of Tunisian workers, especially from the former colonial power France and neighboring Libya .

The cabinet was reorganized several times on individual positions, on June 24, 1971, September 4, 1971 and October 23, 1971. The cabinet resigned on October 29, 1971, so that Prime Minister Nouira formed a new cabinet on October 29, 1971 .

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Hédi Nouira	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister of Justice	Mohamed Fitouri	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Foreign minister	Muhammad Masmudi	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Interior minister	Ahmed Mestiri Hédi Nouira	PSD PSD	November 2nd, 1970 September 4th, 1971	September 4, 1971 October 29, 1971
Minister for National Defense	Hassib Ben Ammar Béchir Mhedhebi	PSD PSD	November 2, 1970 October 23, 1971	October 23, 1971 October 29, 1971
Finance minister	Abderrazak Rassaa	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister for National Economy	Tijani Chelli	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister of Agriculture	Abdallah Farhat	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister for National Education	Chedly Ayari	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister of Public Health	Driss Guiga	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister for Public Works and Housing	Lassaad Ben Osman	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Minister for Culture and Information	Habib Boularès Chedli Klibi	PSD PSD	November 2, 1970 June 24, 1971	June 24, 1971 October 29, 1971
Minister for Youth and Sport	Tahar Belkhodja	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Assistant Minister for Planning to the Prime Minister	Mansour Moalla	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
Secretary General to the Prime Minister	Baccar Touzani	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary for Social Affairs to the Prime Minister	Sadok ben Jemâa	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary for Post, Telegraphy and Telephony at the Minister for Public Works and Housing	Habib Ben Cheikh	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary to the Minister for National Economy	Mekki Zidi	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Mustapha Zaanouni	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Mohamed Ghedira	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971
State Secretary for Technical and Vocational Training at the Minister for National Education	Fredj Jabbes	Psd	2nd November 1970	October 29, 1971

Second Cabinet (October 29, 1971 to November 5, 1974)

At the party congress of the PSD (September 12-15 , 1974) in Monastir , Habib Bourguiba was elected party chairman for life. Furthermore, his political ideas are approved by the delegates.

The cabinet was restructured several times on individual positions, namely on March 22, 1972, August 9, 1972, March 17, 1973, June 5, 1973, September 4, 1973, November 5, 1973, November 28, 1973, January 14 1974, March 7, 1974 and September 25, 1974. The cabinet resigned on September 5, 1974 after the election of the National Assembly on November 3, 1974, so that Prime Minister Nouira formed a new cabinet on October 29, 1971.

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Hédi Nouira	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
Minister of State	Taïeb Slim	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
Minister of Justice	Mohamed Bellalouna Slaheddine Baly	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 June 5, 1973	June 5, 1973 November 5, 1974
Foreign minister	Muhammad Masmudi Habib Chatty	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 January 14, 1974	January 14, 1974 November 5, 1974
Minister for National Defense	Béchir Mhedhebi Abdallah Farhat Hédi Khefacha	PSD PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 August 9, 1972 January 14, 1974	August 9, 1972 January 14, 1974 November 5, 1974
Interior minister	Hédi Khefacha Tahar Belkhodja	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 March 5, 1973	March 5, 1973 November 5, 1974
Minister for National Economy	Tijani Chelli Chedli Ayari Abdelaziz Lasram	PSD PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 March 22, 1972 September 25, 1974	March 22, 1972 September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
Minister of Culture and Information November 28, 1973: Minister of Culture	Chedli Klibi Mahmoud Messadi	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 November 28, 1973	November 28, 1973 November 5, 1974
Minister of Public Health	Driss Guiga Mohamed Mzali	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 March 17, 1973	March 17, 1973 November 5, 1974
Minister of Planning	Mansour Moalla Chedli Ayari	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 September 25, 1974	September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
Finance minister	Mohamed Fitouri	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
Minister of Public Works and Housing November 28, 1973: Minister of Equipment	Mohamed Sayah Hédi Khefacha Abdallah Farhat Lassaad Ben Osman	PSD PSD PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 June 5, 1973 January 14, 1974 September 25, 1974	June 5, 1973 January 14, 1974 September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
Minister of Agriculture	Dhaoui Hannablia Hassan Belkhodja	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 September 25, 1974	September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
Minister for National Education	Mohamed Mzali Driss Guiga	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 March 17, 1973	March 17, 1973 November 5, 1974
Minister of Social Affairs	Farhat Dachraoui Mohamed Ennaceur	PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 January 14, 1974	January 14, 1974 November 5, 1974
Minister for Post, Telegraphy and Telephony	Habib Ben Cheikh	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
Minister for Youth and Sport	Ahmed Chtourou Mohamed Sayah Fouad Mebazaa	PSD PSD PSD	October 29, 1971 June 5, 1973 November 28, 1973	June 5, 1973 November 28, 1973 November 5, 1974
Minister for Transport and Communication	Lassaad Ben Osman Abdallah Farhat	PSD PSD	November 28, 1973 September 25, 1974	September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Mohamed Sayah	Psd	November 28, 1973	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Planning Minister	Mustapha Zaanouni	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister for National Economy	Mekki Zidi	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Mohamed Ghedira	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Abderrahman Ben Messaoud	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary for Technical and Vocational Training at the Minister for National Education	Fredj Jabbes	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister for National Education	Hamed Zeghal	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister for Public Works and Housing	Abdelhamid Sassi	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974
State Secretary for Information to the Prime Minister	Slaheddine Abdallah Mahmoud Maamouri Mustapha Masmoudi	PSD PSD PSD	September 4th 1973 March 7th 1974 September 25th 1974	March 7, 1974 September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
State Secretary to the Foreign Minister	Abdelaziz Hamzaoui Héchmi Kooli	PSD PSD	November 5, 1973 September 25, 1974	September 25, 1974 November 5, 1974
State Secretary to the Minister of Equipment	Abdelhamid Sassi	Psd	November 28, 1973	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister of Equipment	Larbi Mallakh	Psd	November 28, 1973	5th November 1974
State Secretary to the Minister for National Defense	Ahmed Bennour	Psd	January 14, 1974	5th November 1974
Secretary General of the Government	Baccar Touzani	Psd	October 29, 1971	5th November 1974

Third Cabinet (November 5, 1974 to December 27, 1977)

After the re-election of Bourguiba as president and the election of the National Assembly on November 3, 1974, the constitution was changed. The changes stipulated that the Prime Minister would be the designated successor to the President and the National Assembly could elect a President for life.

The cabinet was formed on November 5, 1974 and reorganized several times to individual positions, namely on May 31, 1976, July 21, 1976 and December 9, 1976.

On March 19, 1975, Habib Bourguiba was elected President for life by the National Assembly. With new constitutional amendments in December 1975, the rights of the President are extended again. The regime then followed a harsh domestic policy course against opposition members, especially teachers and students, which resulted in several hundred political arrests. In 1976 and 1977 Tunisia modernized and expanded its armed forces with the support of the USA through arms deliveries and France through armaments and training aid . On June 10, 1977 Tunisia and Libya want to submit their dispute over the delimitation of the common continental shelf, under which rich oil reserves are suspected, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an arbitration decision, which took place on December 1, 1978. The relationship with Libya, which had been disturbed for years, eased after Tunisia had practically revoked the union with Libya that had been decided on January 12, 1974 after three days. In October 1977 the two states decided to work together more closely.

After an open government crisis that led to the dismissal of Interior Minister Tahar Belkhodja , to the replacement of Director General for National Security Abdelmajid Bouslama by Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and to the resignation of six other cabinet members on December 24 and 26, 1977, the cabinet closed so that Prime Minister Nouira formed a new cabinet on December 27, 1977.

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Hédi Nouira	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister of Justice	Slaheddine Baly	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Foreign minister	Habib Chatty	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Interior minister	Tahar Belkhodja	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister for National Defense	Hédi Khefacha Abdallah Farhat	PSD PSD	November 5, 1974 May 31, 1976	May 31, 1976 December 27, 1977
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Mohamed Sayah	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister of Planning	Chedli Ayari	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Finance minister	Mohamed Fitouri	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister for National Economy	Abdelaziz Lasram	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister of Agriculture	Hassan Belkhodja	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister for National Education	Driss Guiga Mohamed Mzali	PSD PSD	November 5, 1974 May 31, 1976	May 31, 1976 December 27, 1977
Minister of Culture	Mahmoud Messadi Chedli Klibi	PSD PSD	5th November 1974 9th December 1976	December 9, 1976 December 27, 1977
Minister of Public Health	Mohamed Mzali Mongi Kooli	PSD PSD	November 5, 1974 May 31, 1976	May 31, 1976 December 27, 1977
Minister of Equipment	Lassaad Ben Osman	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister of Social Affairs	Mohamed Ennaceur	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister for Transport and Communication	Abdallah Farhat Abdelhamid Sassi	Psd	November 5, 1974 May 31, 1976	May 31, 1976 December 27, 1977
Minister for Youth and Sport	Fouad Mebazaa	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
Minister for Relations with the National Assembly and Secretary General of the Government	Moncef Bel Hadj Amor	Psd	May 31, 1976	December 27, 1977
State Secretary for Information to the Prime Minister	Mustapha Masmoudi	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Foreign Minister	Mongi Kooli Brahim Turki	Psd	November 5, 1974 July 21, 1976	July 21, 1976 December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister for National Defense	Ahmed Bennour	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister of Planning February 19, 1975: Minister Assistant to the Prime Minister for Planning	Mustapha Zaanouni	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister for National Education	Hédi Zeghal	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Mohamed Ghedira	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture	Abderrahman Ben Messaoud	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister of Equipment	Abdelhamid Sassi	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977
State Secretary to the Minister of Equipment	Larbi Mallakh	Psd	5th November 1974	December 27, 1977

Fourth Cabinet (November 27, 1977 to April 23, 1980)

Mohamed Mzali was due to the illness of Hédi Nouira on March 1, 1980 initially coordinator for government activities and on April 23, 1980 Nouira 's successor as Prime Minister

The cabinet was formed after an open government crisis on December 27, 1977 and restructured several times to individual positions, namely on September 13, 1978, September 20, 1978 and September 12, 1978.

On January 26, 1978 the trade union federation UGTT ( Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail ) called for a general strike. As a result, demonstrations and bloody clashes broke out in several cities, whereupon a state of emergency was declared until February 25, 1978. From July to October 1978 lawsuits were initiated against over 200 union officials.

Social inequality, economic stagnation, inflation and mass unemployment, but also weak governance, caused the organized opposition to grow strongly, which in turn demands social security, civil liberties, above all freedom of the press and the admission of opposition parties. The union opposition operated partly from abroad, as, for example, the former long-time minister and UGTT leader Ahmed Ben Salah fled to Algeria in 1973.

After the election of the National Assembly on November 4, 1979, there was an extensive cabinet reshuffle on November 7, 1979, which included eight ministers and three state secretaries. Among other things, Minister of Social Affairs Mohamed Ennaceur returned to the government, who had resigned on December 26, 1977.

The appointment of Mohamed Mzali as coordinator of government activities due to the illness of Prime Minister Hédi Nouira on March 1, 1980 also led to the return of Driss Guiga to the cabinet, where he became Minister of the Interior. On April 15, 1980 there was another small reshuffle of the cabinet.

On April 23, 1980, Mohamed Mzali finally replaced Hédi Nouira after almost ten years as Prime Minister.

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Hédi Nouira	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Special advisor in ministerial rank to the President of the Republic	Habib Bourguiba Jr.	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Minister of Justice	Slaheddine Baly	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Foreign minister	Mohamed Fitouri Hassan Belkhodja	PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 April 15, 1980	April 15, 1980 April 23, 1980
Interior minister	Dhaoui Hannablia Othman Kechrid Driss Guiga	PSD PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 November 7, 1979 March 1, 1980	November 7, 1979 March 1, 1980 April 23, 1980
Minister for National Defense	Abdallah Farhat Rachid Sfar	PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 September 12, 1979	September 12, 1979 April 23, 1980
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	Mohamed Sayah	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Assistant Minister for Planning to the Prime Minister	Mustapha Zaânouni	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Finance minister	Abdelaziz Mathari	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy	Rachid Sfar Amor Rourou	PSD PSD	December 27th 1977 November 7th 1979	November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister of Commerce	Slaheddine Ben Mbarek	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Minister of Agriculture	Hassan Belkhodja Lassâad Ben Osman	PSD PSD	December 27th 1977 November 7th 1979	November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister for National Education	Mohamed Mzali	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
Minister of Culture November 7, 1979: Minister for Culture and Information	Chedli Klibi Mohamed Yalaoui Fouad Mebazaa	PSD PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 September 20, 1978 November 7, 1979	September 20, 1978 November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister of Public Health	Mongi Ben Hamida Fouad Mebazaa Dhaoui Hannablia	PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 September 13, 1978 November 7, 1979	September 13, 1978 November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister of Equipment	Lassâad Ben Osman Mohamed Ali Souissi	PSD PSD	December 27th 1977 November 7th 1979	November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister of Social Affairs	Mohamed Jomâa Mohamed Ennaceur	PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 November 7th, 1979	November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Minister for Transport and Communication	Abdelhamid Sassi Hassan Belkhodja Sadok Ben Jemâa	PSD PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 November 7, 1979 April 15, 1980	November 7, 1979 April 15, 1980 April 23, 1980
Minister for Youth and Sport	Fouad Mebazaa Hédi Zeghal	PSD PSD	December 27, 1977 September 13, 1978	September 13, 1978 April 23, 1980
Minister for Relations with the National Assembly	Othman Kechrid	Psd	December 27, 1977	November 7, 1979
Secretary General of the Government	Othman Kechrid Moncef Zaafrane	PSD PSD	December 27th 1977 November 7th 1979	November 7, 1979 April 23, 1980
Information minister November 7, 1979: Merger of the information ministry with the culture ministry.	Chedli Klibi	Psd	20th September 1978	November 7, 1979
Minister for Higher Education	Abdelaziz Ben Dhia	Psd	20th September 1978	April 23, 1980
State Secretary for Information to the Prime Minister	Mustapha Masmoudi	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
State Secretary to the Foreign Minister	Brahim Turki	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
State Secretary to the Minister for National Education	Hédi Zeghal	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
State Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Communication	Larbi Mellakh	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
State Secretary for Vocational Training at the Minister of Social Affairs	Noureddine Ktari	Psd	December 27, 1977	April 23, 1980
State Secretary for Administrative Reforms to the Prime Minister	Mohamed Chaker	Psd	November 7, 1979	April 23, 1980
State Secretary for Post, Telegraphy and Telephony at the Minister for Transport and Communication	Brahim Khouaja	Psd	November 7, 1979	April 23, 1980

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Individual evidence

↑ The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1897, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2
↑ The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, pp. 1897 f., ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2
↑ The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1898, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2
↑ The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1898, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2
↑ Mohamed Mzali was due to the illness of Prime Minister Hédi Nouira on March 1, 1980 coordinator for government action and thus de facto acting Prime Minister.

[1] The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1897, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2

[2] The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, pp. 1897 f., ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2

[3] The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1898, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2

[4] The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, p. 1898, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2

[5] Mohamed Mzali was due to the illness of Prime Minister Hédi Nouira on March 1, 1980 coordinator for government action and thus de facto acting Prime Minister.