Mohamed Jegham ( aeb, محمد جغام), (born August 8, 1943 in Hammam Sousse), is a

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n politician and businessman.

Biography

Youth

Mohamed Jegham's father died when he was two and mother died when he was an adult.Ridha Kefi, "Mohamed Jegham: Accumulation of the Republic?''"Jeune Afrique,'' April 24, 2001
/ref> After studies in

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and

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, he graduated in

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from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.

Official and businessman

At the age of 25, he joined the Interior Ministry. Jegham was successively appointed delegate to Beja,

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and

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, the first delegate of the Delegation of South Tunis, secretary general of the governorate of Bizerte and finally Governor of Gabes. Appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the mechanical workshops of the Sahel in 1980, Jegham then became CEO of the Society for the Study and Development of North Sousse in 1983. In 1988 he was appointed Managing Director of Regional Affairs in the Ministry of the Interior. He has worked since 2005 for General Mediterranean Holdings.

Politician

He entered the government on July 26, 1988 as Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts. On January 20, 1995, he was appointed interior minister, succeeding Abdullah Kallel. On January 20, 1997, he was appointed Minister-Director of the Office of the President and, November 17, 1999, Minister of National Defence, a position he held for fourteen months. He left the government January 23, 2001 to be appointed

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on March 30. Mohamed Jegham joined the central committee of the Constitutional Democratic Rally in 1988 at the Congress of Salut, his mandate was renewed in 1993 and 1999 and until Congress of Ambition held in 2003. He is a member of the Political Bureau from January 25, 1995 to January 26, 2001. He was also

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of Parliament for

during the Ninth and Tenth Legislatures from 1994 to 2004. He also holds the office of mayor of Hammam Sousse. He was appointed January 17, 2011 as Minister of Commerce and Tourism in the "unity government" led by

Mohamed Ghannouchi Mohamed Ghannouchi ( ar, محمد الغنوشي ''Muhammad Al-Ghannushi''; born 18 August 1941) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi was a long-standing figure in the ...

, after the flight of former President

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during the Tunisian revolution. He was replaced ten days later by Mehdi Houas because of his political ties with the RCD and having been part of the government of Ben Ali. He announced on February 19 that he founded a new party called the Homeland Party."Tunisia - Mohamed Ahmed Fria Jegham and create the party" El Watan "," ''Business News,'' February 20, 2011
/ref> Slim Chaker is his secretary of state.

Private life

Mohamed Jegham is married with whom he has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jegham, Mohamed 1943 births Living people Government ministers of Tunisia Ambassadors of Tunisia to Italy Governors of Gabès Governorate Socialist Destourian Party politicians Democratic Constitutional Rally politicians Al-Watan Party (Tunisia) politicians 20th-century Tunisian businesspeople Tunisian diplomats People from Sousse Governorate Interior ministers of Tunisia Trade ministers of Tunisia