Khalil Zaouia is a

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n politician. He serves as the Minister of Social Affairs 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 Move ...

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Biography

Early life and career

Khalil Zaouia was born on July 20, 1961, in

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. He has been a professor and

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at the Charles-Nicolle Hospital of Tunis since July 2011 in Tunis.Leaders
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Politics

He has served on the board of trustees of the Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme since 1988. He is a founding member of the

Ettakatol The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties ( ar, التكتل الديمقراطي من أجل العمل والحريات, ' ; french: link=no, Forum démocratique pour le travail et les libertés), also referred to as Ettakatol or by its Fre ...

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, and a member of 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 wa ...

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'', 19/01/2011 He is a former advisor of

Mustapha Ben Jafar Mustapha Ben Jafar ( ar, مصطفى بن جعفر) (born 8 December 1940) is a Tunisian politician and medical doctor who was Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia from November 2011 to December 2014. He founded and has led the Democratic ...

. On 20 December 2011, 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 dr ...

as Minister of Social Affairs.

Private life

He is married, and has two children.

References

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