Noureddine Bhiri
Noureddine Bhiri is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Early life
Noureddine Bhiri was born in Jebiniana on 10 July 1958.[2][3][4] He received a Master's degree in Law and Political Science from Tunis University.[2][4]
Career
He joined the Ennahda Movement in 1977.[2][3][4] He was jailed from February to September 1987 under President Habib Bourguiba.[2][3] He then worked as a lawyer in Tunis.[3] In 1988, he praised then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[5] In 2006, he wrote an article for Nawaat against the American-Israeli policy towards the Palestinian territories.[3]
On 20 December 2011, after former President Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Defence.[2][3]
Personal life
He is married and has four children.[4]
References
- ^ CIA World Leaders
- ^ a b c d e f Official biography
- ^ a b c d e f g Ahmed Medien, Noureddine Bhiri, Tunisia Live, 22 December 2011
- ^ a b c d e Biographie de M. Noureddine Bhiri, nouveau ministre de la Justice, Agence Tunis Afrique Presse, 24 December 2011
- ^ Michael Ross, Gaining Confidence of Opposition Once Silenced by Bourguiba: Tunis Leader Winning High Marks for Reforms, The Los Angeles Times, 15 October 1988