Fayçal Tebbini or Faycel Tebini is a
Tunisian politician, founder and leader of the
Farmers' Voice Party. During the
2014 Tunisian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Tunisia on 26 October 2014. Campaigning started on 4 October 2014. They were the first free regular legislative elections since independence in 1956, and the first elections held following the adoption of the n ...
he was elected to represent
Jendouba and re-elected in
2019
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.
He served on the Committee for Agriculture, Food Security, Trade and Related Services from February 2015 to September 2016 and on the Committee on Administrative Reform, Good Governance, the Fight against Corruption and Management of Public Funds from April 2015 to September 2016.
Known for his outspoken verbal gaffes, he has insulted the leaders of
Ennahdha and compared Prime Minister
Youssef Chahed to
Adolf Hitler. On 29 May 2019 he announced that he was standing for election as President, and threatened to have Chahed shot in public if he was elected, but he was unsuccessful.
On 13 April 2020 he resigned from the
Bloc démocrate parliamentary group.
References
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21st-century Tunisian politicians
People from Jendouba Governorate
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Legislators in Tunisia