Elyes Fakhfakh

Elyes Fakhfakh is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Tourism under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3]

Biography

Elyes Fakhfakh was born in Tunis in 1972.[3] He graduated from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.[2]

In 1999, at the age of 27, he started his career as an engineer for the French oil corporation Total S.A..[2] He worked for Total in Europe, America and Asia, and from 2004 onwards in Poland.[3] In 2004, he joined Cortrel, a Tunisian leaf spring manufacturing company, and later became its Deputy Director General.[2][3]

He is a member of Ettakatol.[2] On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Tourism.[2]

References

  1. CIA World Leaders
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Asma Ghribi, Elyes Fakhfakh, #'Tunisia Live, 22 December 2011
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Leaders