Abdessalem Mansour

Abdessalem Mansour (born 1949) is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Agriculture under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.^[1]

Biography

Abdessalem Mansour was born on November 19, 1949 in Sousse, Tunisia.^[2] He graduated from the University of Tunis in 1971, and received a Masters in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1974.^[2]

From 1974 to 1980, he worked for the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture. He worked as an adviser for a Kuwaitian firm from 1980 to 1981.^[2] From 1981 to 1999, he worked for the Stusid Bank.^[2] In August 2008, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture, until he was deposed in the aftermath of the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests.^[2]

References

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali cabinet

Ghannouchi Ben Dhia Mansour Ammar Labidi El Basti Jouini Ben Salem Agrebi Hamada Malouche Chalghoum Morjane Tekkari Chelbi Belhaj Kacem Bououni Grira Zenaidi M'Dhaffar Omrane Hadhri El Gharbi Tleti Ourak Zouari Chihi Slama Ouederni Jaidane Baccar Tekaya Jomaa

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