41 Notable alumni of
Tunis University
Updated:
Tunis University is 1425th in the world, 33rd in Africa, and 1st in Tunisia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Tunis University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
-
Kais Saied
- Occupations
- juristacademicinternational forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Kais Saied is a Tunisian politician, jurist and retired law professor currently serving as the seventh president of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law from 1995 to 2019.
-
Mohamed Ghannouchi
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Mohamed Ghannouchi is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi was a long-standing figure in the Tunisian government under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He also served as the President of Tunisia from 14 to 15 January 2011, holding the powers and duties of the office nominally for the absent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had fled the country due to the 2011 revolution. On 15 January 2011 the presidency was declared vacant by the Constitutional Court and Ben Ali's term was officially terminated, leading to Speaker of Parliament Fouad Mebazaa taking office as Acting President. Ghannouchi stayed on as Prime Minister for six more weeks after Ben Ali's overthrow before himself resigning.
-
Abdelfattah Mourou
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Abdelfattah Mourou is a Tunisian politician and lawyer. He is a co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serves as its Vice-President. He has been First Deputy Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People since 2014.
-
Habib Essid
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
-
Habib Essid is a Tunisian politician who was Head of Government of Tunisia from 6 February 2015 to 27 August 2016. He was the first Head of Government to be appointed following the adoption of the new constitution and thus considered to be the first Head of Government of the Second Tunisian Republic. He previously served as Minister of the Interior in 2011.
-
Hamadi Jebali
- Occupations
- journalistengineerinternational forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Hamadi Jebali is a Tunisian engineer, Muslim politician and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Movement, a moderate Islamic party in Tunisia, until he left his party in December 2014 in the course of the 2014 Tunisian presidential election.
-
Mohamed Talbi
- Occupations
- Islamicisthistorianacademic
- Biography
-
Mohamed Talbi, (16 September 1921 – 1 May 2017) was a Tunisian author, professor, and Islamologist.
-
Hechmi Hamdi
- Occupations
- journalistwriterpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi, also spelled Mohamed el Hachmi El-Hamdi, Hechmi Haamdi, or Hachmi Hamdi is a Tunisian journalist, media entrepreneur and politician, who lives in London. He is founder and owner of the oppositional Al Mustakillah TV channel. After the Tunisian Revolution in 2011 he founded the "Popular Petition" party later renamed to Current of Love.
-
Abdelwahab Meddeb
- Occupations
- poetradio personalitytranslatorpunditwriter
- Biography
-
Abdelwahab Meddeb was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.
-
Mohamed Brahmi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Mohamed Brahmi was a Tunisian politician. Brahmi was the founder and former leader of the People's Movement, which, under his leadership, won two seats in the constituent election in 2011.
-
Hédi Annabi
- Occupations
- United Nations officialdiplomat
- Biography
-
Hédi Annabi was a Tunisian diplomat and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He was previously an Assistant-Secretary-General at the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, from 1997 to 2007.
-
Noureddine Bhiri
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Noureddine Bhiri is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
-
Selma Elloumi Rekik
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
Selma Elloumi Rekik is originally from Tunis. She is a businesswoman, Tunisian politician and was a member of Nidaa Tounes, though she currently is part of Al Amal.
-
Hatem Ben Salem
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Mohamed Hatem Ben Salem is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Education under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
-
Kamel Morjane
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011. After the Tunisian Revolution, he was designated as the Minister of the Public Service.
-
Bruno Étienne
- Occupations
- sociologistanthropologistpolitical scientist
- Biography
-
Bruno Étienne was a French sociologist, freemason and a political analyst. He was a specialist of Algeria, Islam and anthropology of the religious and masonic fact.
-
Ahmed Brahim
- Occupations
- trade unionistpoliticianacademic
- Biography
-
Ahmed Brahim was a Tunisian politician. He was the First Secretary of Ettajdid Movement and the leader of the Democratic Modernist Pole until April 2012, when his party merged into the Social Democratic Path of which he became the president. He was the Ettajdid Movement's candidate for President of Tunisia in the 2009 presidential election. A linguist by profession, he was a professor of French at Tunis University; his area of study was comparative linguistics.
-
Ahmed Friaa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Ahmed Friaa was the Minister of the Interior of Tunisia for two weeks in January 2011, during the peak of Tunisian revolution.
-
Habib Ben Yahia
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Habib Ben Yahia is a Tunisian politician.
-
Mohamed Nouri Jouini
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Mohamed Nouri Jouini is a Tunisian politician.
-
Hmida Ennaifer
- Occupations
- theologianacademic
- Biography
-
Hmida Ennaifer or H'mida Ennaïfar is a Tunisian scholar and theologian.
-
Farhat Horchani
- Occupations
- politicianacademicjurist
- Biography
-
Farhat Horchani is a Tunisian politician. He served as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
-
Farhat Rajhi
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
-
Farhat Rajhi is a Tunisian politician. He was interim minister of interior affairs between 27 January and 28 March 2011, in the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi.
-
Mohamed Ghozzi
- Occupations
- children's writerliterary criticpoet
- Biography
-
Mohamed Ghozzi was a Tunisian poet and critic, known for his poems with rich allusions for Sufism and childhood. He also wrote many tales and several plays. Ghozzi died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 74.
-
Hassouna Mosbahi
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- journalistwriterliterary critic
- Biography
-
Hassouna Mosbahi is a Tunisian author, literary critic and freelance journalist.
-
Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
-
Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane was Tunisia's health minister. She took office in the interim Tunisian government which began on January 28, 2011, after protests had dislodged a longstanding authoritarian government.
-
Sadok Chaabane
- Occupations
- politicianacademic
- Biography
-
Sadok Chaabane is a Tunisian University Professor, holding the prestigious Agrégation degree in Public Law and Political Science. In addition to this academic position, he has held numerous ministerial and political portfolios. As of 2021, Chaabane is general director of Polytech Internationale, a university in Tunis.
-
Chahrazed Helal
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- musicologistacademiccomposersinger
- Biography
-
Chahrazed Helal is a Tunisian singer who performs principally in the Arabic language. She also teaches music at Tunis University's Higher Institute of Music (Institut supérieur de musique). Over the past 20 years, Helal has not only appeared at the Carthage Music Festivals but has performed at many international events. Considered to be one of Tunisia's finest singers, she has received a variety of awards, including best female singer at the 2010 and 2013 Arab Music Festivals.
-
Souhayr Belhassen
- Occupations
- human rights activistjournalist
- Biography
-
Souhayr Belhassen is a Tunisian human rights activist and journalist. She has served as the President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) based in Paris since April 26, 2007. Belhassen is a vocal critic of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted during the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, calling the former government's crackdown on protesters "a massacre."
-
Mehdi Mabrouk
- Occupations
- sociologistpoliticianacademic
- Biography
-
Mehdi Mabrouk is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
-
Ali Chaouch
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Ali Chaouch was a Tunisian politician and government minister.
-
Amel Grami
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
-
Amel Grami is a Tunisian academic, writer, and women's rights activist.
-
Saida Agrebi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Saida Agrebi is a member of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union, representing North Africa. She also sits on the Pan-African Parliament representing Tunisia. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a master's degree in Public Health.
-
Osmar Zaiane
- Occupations
- academiccomputer scientist
- Biography
-
Osmar R. Zaiane is a researcher, computer scientist, professor at the University of Alberta specializing in data mining and machine learning. He was the secretary treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD) from 2009 to 2012 and treasurer of the ACM Special Interest Group on Health Informatics. He served as the editor-in-chief of the SIGKDD Explorations publication from 2008 to 2010. He was also the associate editor of the same publication from 2004 to 2007.
-
Saeed Abu Ali
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
-
Saeed Abdul Rahman Ahmed Abu Ali is a Palestinian politician and jurist. He held important roles in the Palestinian presidency. He was the governor of the governorates of Nablus, Ramallah and Al-Bireh. Also was the Palestinian Minister of Interior, and he currently holds the position of Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab Nations.
-
Abdelwaheb Maatar
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Abdelwaheb Maatar is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Training and Employment under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
-
Ahmed Jdey
- Occupations
- historiananthropologistacademic
- Biography
-
Ahmed Jdey was a Tunisian author, historian, and professor.
-
Abderraouf El Basti
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
-
Abderraouf El Basti is a Tunisian politician. He is the former Minister of Culture and Protection of National Heritage.
-
Youssef Mahmoud
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- United Nations officialdiplomat
- Biography
-
Youssef Mahmoud, a national from Tunisia was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, effective 1 June 2010. He replaces Victor da Silva Angelo of Portugal, whose function ended in March 2010.
-
Abdessalem Mansour
- Occupations
- politicianengineer
- Biography
-
Abdessalem Mansour is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Agriculture under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
-
Radhi Jazi
- Occupations
- pharmacistacademic
- Biography
-
Radhi Jazi was a Tunisian pharmacist. He founded the first Tunisian dispensary pharmacy and was one of the most famous dispensary pharmacists in the country's history.
-
Slim Tleti
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Slim Tletli is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Tourism under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
