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Mohamed Sayah

Mohamed Sayah

Tunisian politician (1933–2018)

Mohamed Sayah (Arabic: محمد الصيّاح; 31 December 1933 – 15 March 2018[1]) was a Tunisian politician who held a number of ministerial roles in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[2]

Mohamed Sayah, 1975

Career

Mohamed Sayah held several ministerial portfolios under President Habib Bourguiba.[3]

  • Ministry of Information (7 November 1969 to 12 June 1970).
  • Department of Public Works (29 October 1971 to 5 June 1973).
  • Ministry of Youth and Sports (5 June to 30 November 1973).
  • Ministry delegated to the Prime Minister (30 November 1973 to 25 April 1980).
  • Ministry of Housing (25 April 1980 to 25 November 1983).
  • Ministry of Equipment (25 April 1984 to 16 May 1987).
  • Ministry of Education (16 May to 7 November 1987).

Very close to President Bourguiba, he withdrew from political life after rise of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to power.[4] In 2013, he created the Bourguiba Foundation, an association dedicated to the person and the work of the first president of the Tunisian Republic.[5]

Publications

  • Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome I « L'échec de la répression », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
  • Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome II « La victoire », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
  • Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome III « L'indépendance », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
  • Le Nouvel État aux prises avec le complot yousséfiste, 1956-1958, ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1982
  • La République délivrée de l'occupation étrangère, ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1984
  • (ar) L'Acteur et le témoin, ed. Cérès, Tunis, 2012[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Décès de l'ancien ministre Mohamed Sayah" (in French). 2018-03-15.
  2. [2]
    "Qui était Mohamed Sayah, l'ancien bras droit de Bourguiba?" (in French). 2018-03-15.
  3. [3]
    "Décès de Mohamed Sayah, figure clé des années Bourguiba" (in French). 2018-03-15.
  4. [4]
    "Historiographe du président Habib Bourguiba et plusieurs fois ministre, Mohamed Sayah n'est plus" (in French). 2018-03-15.
  5. [5]
    "Mohamed Sayah crée la Fondation Bourguiba" (in French). 2013-05-31.
  6. [6]
    "Mohamed Sayah: L'Acteur et le témoin" (in French). 2012-05-10.
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