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Mondher Zenaidi

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Mondher Zenaidi
منذر الزنايدي
Zenaidi in 2014
Minister of Public Health
In office
3 September 2007 – 17 January 2011
PresidentZine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Prime MinisterMohamed Ghannouchi
Preceded byMohamed Ridha Kechrid
Succeeded byMustapha Ben Jaafar
Minister of Commerce
In office
5 September 2002 – 3 September 2007
PresidentZine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Prime MinisterMohamed Ghannouchi
Preceded byTahar Sioud
Succeeded byRidha Touiti
Minister of Tourism
In office
25 January 2001 – 22 March 2004
PresidentZine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Prime MinisterMohamed Ghannouchi
Minister of Commerce
In office
13 June 1996 – 25 January 2001
PresidentZine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Prime MinisterHamed Karoui
Mohamed Ghannouchi
Preceded bySlaheddine Ben Mbarek
Succeeded byTahar Sioud
Minister of Transport
In office
1 June 1994 – 13 June 1996
PresidentZine el-Abidine Ben Ali
Prime MinisterHamed Karoui
Preceded byTahar Hadj Ali
Succeeded bySadok Rabah
Personal details
Born (1950-10-24) 24 October 1950 (age 74)
Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Constitutional Rally (until 2011)
Children2
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris, ENA

Mondher Zenaidi (Arabic: منذر الزنايدي; born 24 October 1950) is a Tunisian politician. He served in the government of Tunisia as Minister of Public Health from 2007 to 2011.[1] Prior to this, he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Commerce.[2][3]

Education

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Zenaidi was born on October 24, 1950, in Tunis.[3] He graduated from the École centrale Paris in 1973 and the École nationale d'administration in 1976.[2][3]

Political career

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He served as chief of cabinet of the Ministry of Health, general director of the Tunisian National Office for Tourism, and general director of the Tunisian Office of Commerce.[2][3] In 1991, he was elected vice-president of the Tunisian Parliament.[2] He was appointed as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, then as Minister of Transport in 1994, Minister of Commerce in 1996, Minister of Commerce and Tourism in 2002, Minister of Commerce and Handicraft.[2][3] In 2007, he was appointed as Minister of Public Health.[2]

He was a board member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally.[3] He was elected as sixty-third president of the World Health Assembly.[2] He has been involved with the World Trade Organization and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.[3][4]

Zenaidi applied to run in the 2024 Tunisian presidential election but was disqualified by the High Independent Authority for Elections despite winning an appeal in the Administrative Court.[5]

References

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  1. ^ CIA World Leaders Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e f g World Health Organization biography
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Business News
  4. ^ "Mondher Zenaïdi : L'intérêt du pays doit passer avant tout !". Business News Tunisia. July 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Tunisian police detain presidential hopeful as candidacy confirmed". Al Jazeera. 2 September 2024.