Ahmed Friaa | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 12 January 2011 – 27 January 2011 |
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President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Fouad Mebazaa (interim) |
Prime Minister | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Preceded by | Rafiq Belhaj Kacem |
Succeeded by | Farhat Rajhi |
Personal details | |
Born | February 19, 1949 Zarzis, Tunisia |
Nationality | Tunisian |
Political party | Constitutional Democratic Rally Homeland Party |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Tunis University Paris VI University |
Profession | mathematician |
Religion | Islam |
Ahmed Friaa (Arabic: أحمد فريعة) (born on February 19, 1949 in Zarzis, Tunisia) was the Minister of the Interior of Tunisia for two weeks in January 2011, during the peak of Tunisian revolution.[1][2]
Ahmed Friaa was born in 1949.[2] He holds a PhD from the Paris-Sorbonne University.[2]
He served as Housing Minister, then Education Minister, followed by Ambassador to Italy.[2] On January 12, 2011, following the dismissal of Rafiq Belhaj Kacem, he was appointed as Minister of the Interior.[2] On 27 January 2011 he was replaced by Farhat Rajhi. He was a founding member of the Homeland Party in early March, but announced his retirement on 14 June 2011.[3]