Abdessalem Mansour (born November 19, 1949) is a Tunisian

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. He was the Minister of

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under former President

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Mansour was born in

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/ref> He graduated from the University of Tunis in 1971, and received a Masters in Agricultural Economics from the

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in 1974. From 1974 to 1980, he worked for the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture. He worked as an adviser for a

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ian firm from 1980 to 1981. From 1981 to 1999, he worked for the

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. In August 2008, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, until he was deposed in the aftermath of the

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1949 births Living people Tunis University alumni University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences alumni Government ministers of Tunisia {{Tunisia-politician-stub