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Olfa Hamdi (Arabic: ألفة الحامدي; born 15 July 1988) is a Tunisian center-right politician and businesswoman born in the city of Gafsa in southern Tunisia. She is an international expert in capital project management. [2] She previously held the position of President and general manager of Tunisian Airlines. [3] [4] [5]
Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.
The name adopted in Tunisia was the Dignity Revolution, which is a translation of the Tunisian Arabic name for the revolution, ثورة الكرامة (Thawrat al-Karāmah). [35] Within Tunisia, Ben Ali's rise to power in 1987 was also known as the Jasmine Revolution. [36] [37]
Due to the minimum age rule, Olfa Hamdi was automatically banned from participating. [68] K2Rhym was convicted to four years in prison in absentia and banned from voting and running for the presidency for life. [69] Safi Said was arrested on 22 August 2024 and placed in pre-trial detention. [70]
Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi was born in Sidi Bouzid.He has studied Arabic language and literature at the Tunis University, graduating with a B.A. in 1985.He added a masters programme in Arab literature and history at the University of London, which he completed in 1990.
Hechmi Hamdi, who is the owner of Al Mustakilla satellite TV channel, is alleged to have close ties with Tunisia's ousted president Ben Ali, [6] but decries such allegations as slander. [7] In the campaign ahead of the Constituent Assembly election on 23 October 2011, the party has promised free health care , and an allowance of 200 dinars for ...
The Bouden Cabinet was the government of Tunisia from 2021 to 2023. It is headed by Najla Bouden, the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab world.The formation was result of ongoing political instability and an economic crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.
This article lists political parties in Tunisia. Tunisia was a dominant-party state of the Constitutional Democratic Rally ("RCD" from its French language initials) before the Tunisian revolution. In the aftermath of the revolution the RCD was dissolved by the new state authorities and over 70 new political parties formed. [1]