Zouheir M'Dhaffar

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Zouheir M'Dhaffar (born 1948) served as the Tunisian Minister of Public Property and Real Estate Affairs under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from January 2010 to January 2011. [1]

Biography

Zouheir M'Dhaffar was born on December 20, 1948, in Sfax, Tunisia. [2] He holds a PhD and the agrégation. He taught Law and Political Science, and was involved with the Constitutional Democratic Rally. [2] He was a founding member of the Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, and he was also involved with the Arab Maghreb Union. [2]

In January 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Public Property and Real Estate Affairs. [2] He resigned in January 2011, in the aftermath of the 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution. [3]

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