Abdelwahab Abdallah ( ar, عبد الوهاب عبد الله; born 14 February 1940) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia ( ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية, french: Ministère des Affaires étrangères) is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy of ...

and was advisor to the President.

Early life

Abdallah was born in Monastir, Tunisia on 14 February 1940.

Career

Before

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

was elected the president in 1987, Abdallah was the Minister of Information of Tunisia under

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (; ar, الحبيب بورقيبة, al-Ḥabīb Būrqībah; 3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of T ...

. Abdallah was in office until 1988. From 1988 to 1990 he served as the Ambassador of Tunisia to

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

. As a member of

Constitutional Democratic Rally The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly ( ar, التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي ', french: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in E ...

, he was a close aid to the president of Tunisia since 1990 on economic issues. and led several Tunisian press agencies. He became foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2005. His successor,

Kamel Morjane Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, ( ar, كمال مرجان; born 9 May 1948) 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 T ...

was appointed Foreign Minister of Tunisia by President Ben Ali on 14 January 2010. Following Tunisian protests in 2010-2011, he was removed from his post on 13 January 2011. Abdallah was subsequently put under house arrest on 24 January 2011 while the investigations are ongoing.

Personal life

Abdallah's wife, Alya Abdallah, was appointed president of Banque de Tunisie (BT) in April 2008.

References

1940 births Living people Government ministers of Tunisia Ambassadors of Tunisia to the United Kingdom Foreign ministers of Tunisia {{Tunisia-politician-stub