Ali Zouaoui ( ar, علي الزواوي; November 10, 1925 – February 18, 1972) was a

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n economist and politician.

Career

He was a member of an old family which hailed from

Hajeb El Ayoun Hajeb El Ayoun ( ar, حاجب العيون) is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,648. It is also the capital of a district of 35,403 inhabitants. The Mayor is Hassen Zaïdi, and the pos ...

, and studied law and economics in

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. He was the chairman of

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (; ar, الترجي الرياضي التونسي, Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī, link=yes), also known as ''ES Tunis'' and , is a Tunisian sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919, thu ...

from 1968 to 1970. Then, he served as the governor of the

Central Bank of Tunisia The Central Bank of Tunisia ( ar, البنك المركزي التونسي, french: link=, Banque Centrale de Tunisie, BCT) is the central bank of Tunisia. The bank is in Tunis and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Aya ...

from 1970 to 1972; in the latter year he was killed in a traffic accident.

Personal life

He married Soufiya Belkhodja, sister of the painter

Néjib Belkhodja Néjib Belkhodja (; born Tunis, 1933 – died May 8, 2007) was a Tunisian painter. Early life and education Néjib Belkhodja's father was from the Tunisian bourgeoisie of Turkish origin, whose family mainly worked in hat-making. His mother wa ...

and daughter of Tunisian craftsmen, then Arlette Ravalec. He had two daughters and a son. He is the grandfather of the actress,

Dorra Zarrouk Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk ( ar, درة إبراهيم زروق; born 13 January 1980) is a Tunisian actress living in Egypt. Early life Dorra was born in Tunis, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather, Ali Zouaoui, was an econom ...

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*''Revue tunisienne de sciences sociales'', 1967 People from Kairouan Governorate Tunisian economists Tunisian politicians Road incident deaths in Tunisia 1925 births 1972 deaths 20th-century economists Governors of the Central Bank of Tunisia Carthage High Commercial Studies Institute alumni {{Tunisia-politician-stub