Taïeb Mhiri (الطيب المهيري) (or Taïeb Mehiri) (25 July 1924 – 29 June 1965) was a Tunisian politician.

Biography

Coming from a family of the Tunisian bourgeoisie attached to Destour, he first studied at Sadiki College. Having lost his father at a very young age, he was taken in by his grandfather. Known as a player in the Esperance Sportif de Tunis football team, he lives in the Bab Souika district, in Bab Laqwas He served as the

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 1956 until his death in 1965.Zartman, I William
Man, state, and society in the contemporary Maghrib
p. 272 (1973)LaCouture, Jean. (6 June 1965)

'' The New York Times'' (describing Mehiri as the "irremovable Minister of the Interior for nearly 10 years" but suffering from a grave illness)(20 June 2009)
Tunisie: Commémoration du décès du militant Taïeb M'hiri
'' La Presse de Tunisie'' (in French) (paywall) Mhiri oversaw the destruction of the Husainid Dynasty palace in La Marsa and other similar monuments.McLachlan, Ann & Keith
Tunisia Handbook with Libya
p. 83 (1997) ("chiefly remembered for piloting the demolition of the summer palace of La Marsa and many other monuments symbolizing the Husseinite Dynasty") He was buried in

Jellaz Cemetery Jellaz Cemetery ( ''Maqbara al-Jalāz''; also known as al-Jallaz and Cemetery Djalez) is a large hillside Muslim cemetery in Tunis, Tunisia, established in the thirteenth century. Located next to the bus station, the cemetery is the largest in the ...

. The sports stadium,

Stade Taïeb Mhiri The Stade Taïeb Mhiri is a multi-purpose stadium in Sfax, Tunisia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sportif Sfaxien. Built in 1938, it holds 14,000 people and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nat ...

in Sfax, is named after him, as well as the street, Avenue Taieb Mhiri, in Tunis.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mhiri, Taieb 1924 births 1965 deaths Interior ministers of Tunisia 20th-century Tunisian politicians