Zouheir M'Dhaffar (born 1948) served as the Tunisian Minister of Public Property and Real Estate Affairs under former President

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

from January 2010 to January 2011.

Biography

Zouheir M'Dhaffar was born on December 20, 1948 in

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. He taught Law and Political Science, and was involved with the

Constitutional Democratic Rally The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly ( ar, التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي ', french: Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in E ...

. He was a founding member of the

Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel The Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel or International Academy for Constitutional Law (IACL) was created in 1984 and is based in Tunis, Tunisia. The official language of the academy is French. Its members come from more than 50 co ...

, and he was also involved with the

Arab Maghreb Union The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) or simply the Maghreb Union (MU) ( ar, اتحاد المغرب العربي ', french: Union du Maghreb Arabe) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity am ...

. In January 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Public Property and Real Estate Affairs. He resigned in January 2011, in the aftermath of the

2010–2011 Tunisian revolution The Tunisian Revolution, also called the Jasmine Revolution, was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El ...

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References

1948 births Living people Government ministers of Tunisia {{Tunisia-politician-stub