Abderrazak Kilani ( aeb, عبد الرزاق الكيلاني; born 25 June 1954) is a

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n politician and lawyer. In 2010 and during the

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, he was the chairman of the National Bar of Lawyers In 2012, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly under Prime Minister

Hamadi Jebali Hamadi Jebali ( ar, حمادي الجبالي, '; born 12 January 1949) 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 Move ...

. Since 2013, he has been Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations. In October 20, 2020, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi decided to appoint Abderrazak Kilani as President of the General Authority of Resisters, Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution and Terrorist Operations, a Prime Ministry press release announces.

Early life

Abderazzak Kilani was born on June 25, 1954, in Tunis. His primary and secondary education was spent in Tunis, he subsequently moved to France to continue his university studies in Grenoble and Lyon from 1973 until 1979. Kilani got a master's degree from Grenoble University in private and judicial law in 1978, he received his graduate certificate specializing in insurance law from the

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in 1979.

Lawyer

He was known for his human rights activism nationally and internationally when he was elected Deputy President of the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers for a term between 1988 and 1989, he subsequently became the organization's President between 1990 and 1991. In 1992, he established the Maghreb Union of Young Lawyers and then he was the Co-founder and General Secretary of the Tunisia Center for Lawyers Autonomy. He was also a coordinator of the Defense Committee for

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. He was a member of the National Committee for the Promotion of Human Rights. As a law professor, over a six-year period he gave more than 400 law lectures on different cases in Tunisian Law. As a lawyer he was also very involved in Tunisian sports. He was a former member of the Tunisian Confederation of Tennis, and a member of the administration of the

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football team. He played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis between 1967 and 1973. He was an early founder of the football club of lawyers. In 2010 and during the

, he was the chairman of the National Bar of Lawyers after a democratic election.

Politician

On 20 December 2011, after former President

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was deposed, he joined the

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as Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly. Since 2013, he is the permanent Ambassador of Tunisia to the

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Personal life

Kilani is married, and has three children. His oldest son Wael Kilani is a former African and Tunisian champion in Tennis, he played for the university of South Florida and graduated with a degree in Business Management. His second son Fares is a Tunisian champion in tennis. Currently, he is playing Tennis and studying Finance at the University of Samford in Alabama. His youngest son Majed is the Tunisian and African champion in Tennis under 16 and is studying and playing for the University of Tulsa.

References

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