Ridha Belhaj (politician)

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Ridha Belhaj


Head of the Presidential Cabinet
Delegate-minister in the Tunisian Transitional Government

Personal details
Born	(1962-02-16) 16 February 1962 (age 62) Tunis, Tunisia
Political party	Nidaa Tounes, Tounes Awalan
Profession	lawyer

Ridha Belhaj (Arabic: رضا بلحاج), (born 16 February 1962) is a Tunisian lawyer, senior official and politician.

Biography

Ridha Belhaj studied at Alaoui High School in Tunis and then at the Tunisian-Algerian Institute, where he obtained a law degree in 1986 and a diploma in customs and tax economics in 1988.^[1]

He was first head of service in the general directorate of participations of the Ministry of Finance. From 2002, he practiced as a lawyer with the Court of cassation.^[2]

Having served as the General-secretary and delegate-minister in Beji Caid Essebsi's Transitional Government from February 2011 to December 2011.

On 1 January 2015, the new president of Tunisia Essebsi appointed him the head of his presidential cabinet.^[3] On 1 February 2016, Belhaj stepped back to be replaced by Caid Essebsi's cousin Selim Azzabi.^[4]

After leaving the government, he joined Nidaa Toune.^[5] Member, spokesperson and then vice-president of Nidaa Tounes,^[6] he resigned from this party in February 2016 due to political perspective problems.^[7] In 2017, he announced the creation of a new party called Tounes Awalan of which he is the chairman of the constitutive committee.^[8]

Honours

Commander of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia (2011)^[9]

Private life

Ridha Belhaj is married and has three children.

He is currently in prison.

References

^ "Qui est Ridha Belhadj, le directeur de cabinet présidentiel". 4 January 2015.
^ "Biographie de Ridha Belhaj, nouveau ministre délégué auprès du Premier ministre". turess.com (in French). 2 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018..
^ "Ridha Belhaj, le dircab". 24 February 2015.
^ "Ridha Belhaj démissionne de la Présidence. Mohammed Selim Azzabi désigné à sa place". 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Nidaa Tounes annonce la composition de ses comités exécutif et élargi". leaders.com.tn (in French). 20 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2018..
^ "Nidaa Tounes annonce la composition de ses comités exécutif et élargi". 20 September 2012.
^ "Ridha Belhadj démissionne de la présidence du comité politique de Nida". 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 14 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Ridha Belhaj annonce la création prochaine du parti Tunisie d'abord". 11 July 2017.
^ "Des personnalités décorées par le Président de la République par intérim". 23 November 2011.

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