Mohamed Ben Salem, born on 19 February 1953, is a

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n politician. He served from December 2011 to January 2014 as Minister of Agriculture under the Prime Ministers

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 Mov ...

and Ali Laarayedh.

Political activism

He is a member of the

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. In 1987, he was jailed for nine months, and two and a half months between the years 1990 and 1991. He lived in exile in

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from 1991 to 2011. During that time, he was involved with the

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-based Tunisian Solidarity Association.

Minister

On 20 December 2011, after 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 ...

was deposed, 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 ...

as Minister of Agriculture. He remained in office in the Laarayedh Cabinet.

Career

Associate Manager of a CIVIL SOCIETY ESTATE "AL BARAKA" having a capital of 282,030.68 EUROhttp://www.societe.com/societe/societe-civile-immobiliere-al-baraka-412526147.html

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Salem, Mohamed Living people 1953 births Tunisian Muslims Government ministers of Tunisia Ennahda politicians Members of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia Members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People