Abid Briki (born 20 June 1957; ''

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'': عبيد البريكي) is a Tunisian trade unionist and politician. He served as Minister of Civil Service, Governance and the Fight against Corruption in the

Chahed Cabinet The Chahed Cabinet is the 29th government of the Tunisian Republic, which was declared on 20 August 2016. The Government was approved on 27 August 2016 by a majority of 167 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives o ...

Early life

Briki was born in Zarzis.

Political career

Briki founded the

Tunisia Forward Tunisia Forward ( ''French'': Tunisie en avant; ''Arabic'': تونس إلى الأمام ) is a political party in Tunisia. History The party is left-wing and was founded 7 May 2018 by Abid Briki. The party will participate in the 2022 parlia ...

party in 2018. He was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election and came in 17th place. Briki announced he would not stand as a candidate in the 2022 parliamentary election.

References

1957 births Living people 21st-century Tunisian politicians Government ministers of Tunisia Tunisian political party founders Tunisian trade unionists {{DEFAULTSORT:Briki, Abid People from Zarzis Candidates for President of Tunisia