Mehdi Mabrouk
Mahdi Mabrouk tunisian minister of culture
Minister of Culture
In office
20 December 2011 – Unknown

Mehdi Mabrouk is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2]

Biography

Academic career

He has taught sociology at the University of Tunis, with lectures on illegal immigration and youth issues.[2][3] He has also been a scholar at the Tunisian Center of Economic and Social Studies.[2] In June 2011, he said Tunisia was ill-equipped to handle the wave of immigration from Libya.[3]

Mabrouk is also the Chief of the Tunis Office of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, and regularly speaks at some of its conferences.[4]

Minister

On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Culture.[2] He has spoken at the Istanbul World Political Forum.[5]

Bibliography

  • Voile et sel: culture, foyers et organisation de la migration clandestine en Tunisie (2010)

References

  1. ↑ CIA World Leaders Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ahmed Medien, Mehdi Mabrouk, Tunisia Live,
  3. 1 2 Siobhan Dowling, Taking care of Libyan refugees strains generosity of Tunisians, The Washington Times, 15 June 2011
  4. ↑ "Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies". english.dohainstitute.org. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  5. ↑ Istanbul World Political Forum Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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