Ministry of Culture (Tunisia)

The Ministry of Culture of Tunisia (Template:Lang-ar), established in 1961, is responsible for the government and general planning and running of cultural enterprises and pursuits in the country. Its headquarters are based at Rue du 2-Mars 1934 in Tunis. The Minister of Culture, elected in 2015, is Latifa Lakhdar. In 2013, the ministry had a budget of 170,735 millions (TND).^[1]

Ministers


Name	Party	Government	Started	Ended
Chedli Klibi	PSD	Government of Bahi Ladgham	7 October 1961	12 June 1970
Habib Boularès	PSD	Government of Bahi Ladgham Government of Hédi Nouira	12 June 1970	17 June 1971
Chedli Klibi	PSD	Government of Hédi Nouira	24 June 1971	30 November 1973
Mahmoud Messadi	PSD	Government of Hédi Nouira	30 November 1973	9 December 1976
Chedli Klibi	PSD	Government of Hédi Nouira	9 December 1976	20 September 1978
Mohamed Yaâlaoui	PSD	Government of Hédi Nouira	20 September 1978	7 November 1979
Fouad Mebazaa	PSD	Government of Hédi Nouira Government of Mohamed Mzali	7 November 1979	2 January 1981
Béchir Ben Slama	PSD	Government of Mohamed Mzali	2 January 1981	12 May 1986
Zakaria Ben Mustapha	PSD	Government of Mohamed Mzali Government of Rachid Sfar	12 May 1986	29 September 1987
Abdelaziz Ben Dhia	PSD	Government of Rachid Sfar	29 September 1987	2 October 1987
Zakaria Ben Mustapha	PSD RCD	Government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Government of Hédi Baccouche	2 October 1987	12 April 1988
Abdelmalek Laârif	RCD	Government of Hédi Baccouche	12 April 1988	27 July 1988
Habib Boularès	RCD	Government of Hédi Baccouche Government of Hamed Karoui	27 July 1988	3 March 1990
Ahmed Khaled	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	3 March 1990	20 February 1991
Moncer Rouissi	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	20 February 1991	11 October 1991
Mongi Bousnina	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	11 October 1991	1995
Salah Baccari	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	1995	July 1996
Abdelbaki Hermassi	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	July 1996	10 November 2004
Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour	RCD	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	10 November 2004	29 August 2008
Abderraouf El Basti	RCD	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	29 August 2008	17 January 2011
Moufida Tlatli	Independent	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2)	17 January 2011	27 January 2011
Azedine Beschaouch	Independent	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2) Government of Béji Caïd Essebsi	27 January 2011	24 December 2011
Mehdi Mabrouk	Independent	Government of Hamadi Jebali Government of Ali Larayedh	24 December 2011	29 January 2014
Mourad Sakli	Independent	Government of Mehdi Jomaa	29 January 2014	6 February 2015
Latifa Lakhdar	Independent	Government of Habib Essid	6 February 2015	In course