Ali Laarayedh
Ali Laarayedh | |
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علي العريّض | |
 Laarayedh in 2014 | |
| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
| In office 14 March 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| President | Moncef Marzouki |
| Preceded by | Hamadi Jebali |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Jomaa |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 24 December 2011 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamadi Jebali |
| Preceded by | Habib Essid |
| Succeeded by | Lotfi Ben Jeddou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1955 Medenine,Tunisia |
| Political party | Ennahda Movement |
| Spouse | Widad Larayedh |
| Children | 3 |
Ali Laarayedh(Tunisian Arabic:علي العريّض,ʿAlī el-ʿArayiḍ;born 15 August 1955) is aTunisianpolitician who wasPrime Minister of Tunisiafrom 2013 to 2014. Previously he served in the government as the Minister of the Interior from 2011[1][2][3]to 2013. Following the resignation of Prime MinisterHamadi Jebali,Laarayedh was designated as Prime Minister in February 2013. He is a member of theEnnahda Movement.
Laarayedh resigned on 9 January 2014.[4]
Early life
[edit]Laarayedh was born inMedeninein 1955.[2][5]
Political activism
[edit]Laarayedh was the spokesperson for theEnnahda Movementfrom 1981 until his arrest in 1990. After he was harassed by the police under PresidentHabib Bourguiba,he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison under PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali,during which time he suffered torture. He was, among other techniques, threatened withHIVtransfusion. His wife, Wided Lagha, was sexually abused and videotaped by officials from the Ministry of Interior.[2]After being detained in September 2022, Laarayedh was arrested in December 2022 on accusations alongside others of facilitating the departure of Tunisians to fight with armed rebel groups in the Syrian conflict.[6]
Career
[edit]On 20 December 2011, after President Ben Ali was deposed, he joined theJebali Cabinetas Minister of the Interior.[3][7]He vowed to support peace in Tunisia, rejectingreligious extremism,tribalismorregionalism.[7]On 22 February 2013, Laarayedh was appointed Prime Minister after Hamadi Jebali resigned from office.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Laarayedh is married and has three children.[3]His wife is a medical technician.[8]
References
[edit]- ^CIA World LeadersArchived29 June 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^abc"Ali Larayedh".Tunisia Live. 17 December 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 19 January 2012.Retrieved10 January2014.
- ^abc"Biographie de M. Ali Laaridh, nouveau ministre de l'interieur".Agence Tunis Afrique Presse. 24 December 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2012.
- ^"Tunisia's Islamist PM steps down as unrest mounts".Al Arabiya. 9 January 2014.Retrieved10 January2014.
- ^abSamti, Farah (22 February 2013)."Ali Laarayedh Tunisia's New Prime Minister".Tunisia Alive.Archived fromthe originalon 3 September 2013.Retrieved24 February2013.
- ^"Tunisia judge orders arrest of former prime minister".aljazeera.Retrieved14 March2023.
- ^abLeaders
- ^MacFarquhar, Neil (25 January 2013)."Leading the Tunisian Agency That Once Jailed Him".The New York Times.Retrieved24 February2013.
External links
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Media related toAli Larayedhat Wikimedia Commons
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- 1955 births
- Government ministers of Tunisia
- Living people
- People from Medenine Governorate
- Prime ministers of Tunisia
- Ennahda politicians
- Torture victims
- Tunisian Muslims
- Members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
- 20th-century Tunisian politicians
- 21st-century Tunisian politicians
- Interior ministers of Tunisia