Houcine Dimassi (born 18 November 1948) is a

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n politician. He served as the

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under Prime Minister

Hamadi Jebali Hamadi Jebali ( ar, حمادي الجبالي, '; born 12 January 1949) is a Tunisian engineer, Muslim politician and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Mov ...

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Biographie de M. Houcine Dimassi, nouveau ministre des Finances
''Business News'', 25 December 2011

Biography

Early life

Houcine Dimassi was born on 18 November 1948 in Ksar Hellal. He received a PhD in Economics in 1983 and the agrégation in 1984.

Career

He started his career as a university professor of Economics at the

University of Tunis Tunis University ( ar, جامعة تونس, french: link=no, Université de Tunis) is a university in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1960 on the basis of earlier educational establishments. The University of Tunis is a member of the Mediterr ...

. From 1988 to 1991, he served as Dean at the

University of Sousse The University of Sousse ( ar, جامعة سوسة) is a public university in Sousse, Tunisia. History The University of Sousse was created in 2004 from a division of the University of the Center, which had been created in 1991 from the Univers ...

. He has attended conferences of the

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, the

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, and the

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

. In 2001, he wrote a report for the

Tunisian General Labour Union The Tunisian General Labour Union (french: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, ''UGTT''. ar, الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل) is a national trade union center in Tunisia. It has a membership of more than one million and w ...

Minister

On 20 December 2011, after the deposal of President Ben Ali, he joined the

Jebali Cabinet The first cabinet of Tunisian Head of Government Hamadi Jebali was presented on 20 December 2011. Jebali has been appointed by interim President Moncef Marzouki, who had been elected by the National Constituent Assembly, a body constituted to ...

as Minister of Finance and submitted his resignation, which was accepted, on 27 July 2012.Tunisian Finance minister quits
''AFP'', 27 July 2012

Personal life

He is married and has four children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimassi, Houcine Living people 1948 births Finance ministers of Tunisia Government ministers of Tunisia Academic staff of Tunis University Academic staff of the University of Sousse