Bahri Guiga (March 4, 1904 - September 2, 1995) was a Tunisian

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and

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Biography

Originating in the Berber village of Takrouna, he studied in Lycée Carnot de Tunis along with

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 ...

who was his best friend. He pursued his law studies in Paris Law School. His doctoral thesis is titled as "The evolution of sharaa and its judicial enforcement in Tunisia". In 1928, he obtained his

Paris Institute of Political Studies , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

diploma, in the public finance section. In 1932, he was one of the founders of ''

L'Action Tunisienne ''L'Action Tunisienne'' (sometimes abbreviated to L'Action) is a former Tunisian Francophone newspaper founded by Habib Bourguiba and published from November 1, 1932 to March 19, 1988. Working for the Destour party, at first, it later became ...

'' newspaper along with

, Tahar Sfar and

Mahmoud El Materi Mahmoud El Materi (December 1897 – December 13, 1972) was a Tunisian physician and politician. He was the first president and one of the founders of the Neo Destour. Biography Early life In his private journals, Mahmoud El Materi mentions ...

., In 1934, he organized with ''L'Action'' team the

Ksar Hellal Congress The Ksar Hellal Congress was the first and founding congress of the Neo Destour party. The 1934 Neo Destour Congress was organized by the secessionist members of the Destour party, in Ksar Hellal, on March 2, 1934. It ended, that very night, w ...

which ended with the creation of the

Neo Destour The New Constitutional Liberal Party ( ar, الحزب الحر الدستوري الجديد, '; French: ''Nouveau Parti libéral constitutionnel''), most commonly known as Neo Destour, was a Tunisian political party founded in 1934 by a group o ...

party, on March 2, 1934. Therefore, he became treasurer in the first political office, the leadership organ of the party. From 1971 to 1979, he was a member of the

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(ICJ). Son of Hamouda Guiga, Bahri Guiga was the nephew of the writer Abderrahman Guiga and the uncle of Tahar Guiga, author of numerous novels in Arabic and

Driss Guiga Driss Guiga (born 21 October 1924) is a Tunisian lawyer and politician who was Minister of Health, Minister of Education and then Minister of the Interior for four years during the later part of the Habib Bourguiba regime. Early years Driss Guig ...

, Tunisian minister of health then education and interior, who will join his lawyer cabinet. Neodestour 1934.jpg, The founding members of the Neo Destour. Neo_destour-edit.jpg, First Neo Destour leadership.

Footnotes and References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guiga, Bahri 1904 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Tunisian lawyers Tunisian Berber politicians