Ridha Grira رضا قريرة | |
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![]() Ridha Grira | |
Tunisian Minister of Defense | |
In office January 14, 2010 –January 27, 2011 | |
President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
Prime Minister | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Preceded by | Kamel Morjane |
Succeeded by | Abdelkrim Zbidi |
Tunisian Minister of State Properties and Property Affairs | |
In office April 22,1999 –January 14,2010 | |
President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
Prime Minister | Hamed Karoui Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Succeeded by | Foued Daghfous |
Personal details | |
Born | Sousse,Tunisia | August 21,1955
Political party | Constitutional Democratic Rally |
Education | École centrale Paris UniversitéParis 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Institut d'études politiques de Paris École nationale d'administration |
Ridha Grira (born 1955) is a Tunisian politician. He is a former Minister of National Defense. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Ridha Grira was born on August 21,1955,in Sousse,Tunisia. [2] He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand,and he received an MPhil in Chemical Engineering from the École centrale Paris in 1974. [2] He also studied Law,Economics and Management at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. [2] He also graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. [2] [5]
In 1991,he became CEO of the Banque Tuniso-Libyenne. [2] From 1992 to 1999,he worked as General Secretary of the Government. [2] He then worked as Minister of State Properties and the Land Affairs. [2] In January 2010,he became Minister of National Defense. [2] [5] In the aftermath of the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests,he was reappointed by Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. [5] He sits on the board of the Constitutional Democratic Rally. [5]