Jallouli Fares

Jallouli Fares
جلولي فارس
President of the National Assembly of Tunisia
In office
1 June 1959  1964
President of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
In office
17 April 1956  1 June 1959
Preceded by Habib Bourguiba
Minister of Education
In office
17 September 1955  15 April 1956
Monarch Muhammad VIII
Prime Minister Tahar Ben Ammar
Succeeded by Lamine Chebbi
Personal details
Born 6 March 1909
El Hamma, Tunisia
Died 28 October 2001
El Hamma, Tunisia
Political party Neo Destour

Jallouli Fares (Arabic: جلولي فارس; 6 March 1909 – 28 October 2001) was a politician in Tunisia during its transitions from French colony to monarchy to republic. He was Minister of Education in 1955-56, then President of the Constituent Assembly until 1959, then President of the National Assembly until 1964.

Fares presided over the Constituent Assembly on 25 July 1957 when it announced the abolition of the Tunisian monarchy and the beginning of a republic.[1]

References

  1. Tunisie, 25 juillet 1957: Revivez l'histoire. HuffPost Maghreb 25/07/2013. (fr)
Political offices
Preceded by
Habib Bourguiba
as President of the Constituent Assembly
President of the Constituent Assembly, then National Assembly
1956–1964
Succeeded by
Sadok Mokaddem