Early life and education
Cherni was born on 21 February 1981 in Menzel Bourguiba in the Bizerte Governorate. [1] She studied architecture in El Kef. [2]
Majdouline Cherni (born 21 February 1981) is a Tunisian architect and politician who was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2016 to 2018.
Cherni was born on 21 February 1981 in Menzel Bourguiba in the Bizerte Governorate. [1] She studied architecture in El Kef. [2]
Cherni worked in vocational training centres and architectural design offices before becoming chair of the Chamber of Businesswoman of Kef and appointed as a delegate to the Manouba Governorate. [2] She was a candidate for the Free Patriotic Union for Kef in the 2011 election. [3]
On 23 January 2015, Cherni was appointed Secretary of State in charge of the Dossier of the Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution in the cabinet of Habib Essid. [1] [4] Her role included providing "moral and material assistance" to families. [5] On 20 August 2016, she was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Youssef Chahed. [1] [6] She has been responsible for organising youth forums to seek to restore the confidence of young people in Tunisia's state institutions. [7] [8] In late 2016, several photos posted on the minister's Facebook page were digitally altered to cover her knees. [9]
She was replaced as Minister of Youth and Sports by Sonia Ben Cheikh in the cabinet reshuffle of November 2018. [10]
Cherni's brother Socrate was a lieutenant in the Tunisian National Guard who was killed in the battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun on 23 October 2013. [11]
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