Abdelwaheb Maatar
Abdelwaheb Maatar is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Training and Employment under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3]
Biography
Early life
Abdelwaheb Maatar was born on March 23, 1952 in Sfax.[2][3] He received a diploma in Management from the National School of Administration in Tunis and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Tunis.[2][3]
Career
He is a lawyer and a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Tunis.[2]
Politics
He was involved with the Democratic Modernist Pole until he became a founding member of the Congress for the Republic (CPR) political party.[2][3] He exposed the corruption of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and tried to challenge his re-election in 2004.[2] He serves as Vice-President of the International Association for the Support of Political Prisoners, and he is a founding member of the Tunisian Judicial Independence Center.[2][3] He is also a fellow of the International Council on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]
On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Training and Employment.[2] He has been accused of nepotism.[4]
Private life
He is married, and has three children.[2][3]