Habib Boularès

Habib Boularès (Arabic: الحبيب بولعراس‎) (born 29 July 1933) is a Tunisian diplomat and politician, currently serving as secretary-general of the Arab-Maghreb Union. He first entered the cabinet in 1970 as minister of culture and information, serving in that post until 1971. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia from 1990 to 1991, defense minister for a brief period during 1991, and as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia from 1991 to 1997. He served as secretary-general of the Arab-Maghreb Union from 2002 to 2006, and was succeeded by Habib Ben Yahia.^[1]

References

^ "Tunisia's Habib Ben Yahia becomes new UMA head" (in English). Panapress. 2006-01-08. http://www.panapress.com/newslatf.asp?code=eng102711&dte=08/01/2006. Retrieved 2008-07-16.

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

Constituent Assembly (1956–59)	Bourguiba Fares

National Assembly (1959–81)	Fares Mokaddem

Chamber of Deputies (1981–2011)	Messadi Sfar Baly Sebsi Boularès Mebazaa Karoui

Constituent Assembly (2011–)	Ben Jafar

Italics indicate interim officeholder

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Name	Boulares, Habib
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Date of birth	1933-07-29
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