Habib Ben Yahia (born 30 July 1938 in

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) is a

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n politician.

Career

From 1991 he served his first term as

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia ( ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية, french: Ministère des Affaires étrangères) is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy of ...

until January 1997 when he became

defense minister A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in s ...

. He served in that position until he became foreign minister for the second time in November 1999. He remained foreign minister until November 2004, when he left the government following a cabinet reshuffle. In January 2006 he was designated to be the secretary-general of 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 ...

. He held this role until 2016.

Imprisonment

Habib Ben Yahia was sentenced five-year prison in March 2017 for power abuse.

References

1938 births Living people Foreign ministers of Tunisia Arab Maghreb Union people {{Tunisia-politician-stub