Rafik Abdessalem

Rafik Abdessalem
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 December 2011
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali
Personal details
Born 1967 (age 47–48)
Nationality Tunisian
Alma mater Mohammed V University
University of Westminster

Rafik Ben Abdessalem Bouchlaka is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the minister of foreign affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3]

Education

Abdessalem received a B.A. in philosophy from Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, and a PhD in politics and international relations from the University of Westminster in 2003.[2][3]

Career

From 1987 to 1990, Abdessalem was a member of the executive office of the Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).[2][3] In London, he founded the Maghreb Center for Research and Translation, and chaired the London Platform for Dialogue.[2][3] He was also a visiting scholar at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.[2][3] He worked as senior researcher and head of the Research and Studies Office at the Al Jazeera Center for Studies.[2][3] He is a member of the Centre Union Process.[2][3] He has published two books and many articles in Asharq Al-Awsat.[3]

He is a member of the Ennahda Movement, and the party leader Rached Ghannouchi's son-in-law.[2][4] On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as minister of foreign affairs.[2][3]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ CIA World Leaders
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Sana Ajmi, Rafik Abdessalem, Tunisia Live, 17 December 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Biographie de M. Rafik Abdessalem, nouveau ministre des Affaires étrangères, Business News, 25 December 2011
  4. ↑ Rafik Ben Abdesslem Bouchlaka:'La nomination des ministres dépend de leurs compétences', Mozaïque FM, 14 December 2011