Maya Jribi

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Maya Jribi (2012)

Maya Jribi (born January 29, 1960 in Bou Arada , Tunisia , † May 19, 2018 ) was a Tunisian politician and feminist . From 2006 to 2012 she was chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP). Since the PDP was absorbed into the Republican Party in April 2012, she was Secretary General of this secular-liberal party.

Life and political career

From 1979 to 1983 Maya Jribi studied biology at the University of Sfax . During this time she became an active member of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) and the Tunisian League for Human Rights . She wrote for the independent weekly newspaper Erraï and later for the PDP newspaper Al Mawkif .

Together with Ahmed Najib Chebbi , Jribi founded the “Socialist Progressive Collection Movement ” (RSP) in 1983, which was later renamed the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP). From 1986 she was a member of the party leadership. On December 25, 2006, Jribi was appointed Secretary General of the PDP. She was the first woman to head a Tunisian party and the second woman to head a party in the Maghreb . From October 1 to October 20, 2007, Jribi and Ahmed Najib Chebbi were on a hunger strike to protest a court decision of October 1 that ordered the eviction of the party headquarters in Tunis . A compromise was found that led to the signing of a new lease, but Jribi suffered "serious damage to health".

Jribi led the PDP's electoral list for the Constituent Assembly in Ben Arous on October 23, 2011. The PDP list won a total of 17 seats with an election result of 7.83%. On April 9, 2012, the PDP merged with other secular parties. Jribi was again general secretary in the republican party Al Joumjouri .

In an interview she described Israel as a “Zionist entity” and, as an opposition politician, called on the government to prohibit Israeli tourists from visiting the al-Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba .

Web links

Commons : Maya Jribi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dossier de presse du Parti démocrate progressiste. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved on May 20, 2018 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.pdpfrance.com
  2. ^ Décès de Maya Jribi. In: L'Economiste Maghrébin. May 19, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018 (French).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Emily Parker: Who's Who: Maya Jribi. Tunisia Live, September 6, 2011; archived from the original on March 9, 2012 ; accessed on May 19, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ A b Mathias Ulmann: Strategy Corner - Maya Jribi, Rebellin von Natur. Account Planning Group Deutschland eV, March 26, 2014, accessed on May 20, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Hichem Benzarti: Un congrès unificateur des forces démocratiques centristes. In: La Presse de Tunisie. April 10, 2012, archived from the original ; Retrieved on May 20, 2018 (French).
  6. ↑ a b Wolfgang Günther Lerch: Maya Jribi: A Voice of the "Jasmine Revolution". In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 22, 2011, accessed May 20, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Sam Bollier: Who are Tunisia's political parties? In: Al Jazeera . October 27, 2011, accessed May 19, 2018 .
  8. ^ Grève de la faim à Tunis: poursuite du mouvement, le pouvoir accusé. Agence France-Presse , October 2, 2007, archived from the original on March 3, 2011 ; Retrieved on May 20, 2018 (French).
  9. ↑ Sigrid Faath: After the election victory of the Islamists: Tunisia between confidence and fear. In: Qantara.de . November 7, 2011, accessed May 25, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Party calls for ban on Israeli pilgrims to Djerba. In: jewishrefugees.blogspot.de. April 2, 2010, accessed May 25, 2018 . Frida Dahmani: Le pélerinage de Djerba placé sous haute surveillance. In: Jeune Afrique . April 27, 2010, accessed on May 25, 2018 (French, “The pilgrimage to Djerba placed under surveillance”).
personal data
SURNAME Jribi, Maya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian politician and feminist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bou Arada , Tunisia
DATE OF DEATH 19th May 2018