| Abdelkarim Harouni | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1960 |
| Birth Place: | La Marsa, Tunisia |
| Party: | Ennahda Movement |
| Alma Mater: | Tunis El Manar University |
Abdelkarim Harouni (عبد الكريم الهاروني) is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Transport under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1] [2]
Abdelkarim Harouni was born on December 17, 1960, in La Marsa.[2]
He was a founding member and twice Secretary General of the students' union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).[2] He also served as Secretary General of the Freedom and Justice Association.[2] In 1990, he became the editor of al Fajr, the flagship publication of the Ennahda Movement.[2] He was arrested in 1990, and sentenced to prison in 1992.[2] He was tortured and subjected to solitary confinement.[2] He was released on November 7, 2007, but he still fell prey to the police's intimidation and harassment.[2]
On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Transportation.[2] He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia until he resigned in April 2012.[2] [3]