Abderrahim Zouari | |
Native Name: | عبد الرحيم الزواري |
Native Name Lang: | aeb |
Term Start: | 2004 |
Term End: | 2011 |
Office2: | Minister of Tourism |
Term Start2: | 2002 |
Term End2: | 2004 |
Office3: | Minister of Sports |
Term Start3: | 2000 |
Term End3: | 2002 |
Term Start4: | 1999 |
Term End4: | 2000 |
Term Start5: | 1998 |
Term End5: | 1999 |
Term Start6: | 1997 |
Term End6: | 1997 |
Office7: | Ministry of Youth and Childhood |
Term Start7: | 1993 |
Term End7: | 1997 |
Term Start8: | 1992 |
Term End8: | 1993 |
Term Start9: | 1991 |
Term End9: | 1992 |
Term Start10: | 31 July 1988 |
Term End10: | 20 February 1991 |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1944 |
Otherparty: | Constitutional Democratic Rally (–2011) |
Abderrahim Zouari (عبد الرحيم الزواري; born 18 April 1944) is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Transport from 2004 to 2011 under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[1] [2] [3] He was the candidate for the Destourian Movement in the 2014 presidential election. In January 2019, Zouari formed a party named Tahya Tounes.[4]
From 1974 to 1978, he served as Governor of Gabès, then Governor of Nabeul.[3] In 1991, he was appointed as Minister of Justice.[3] From 1992 to 1993, he served as the Tunisian ambassador to Morocco.[3] He was appointed as Foreign Minister in 1997, then as Education Minister in 1999.[3] He also served as Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Rally.[3] [5] In 2001, he was appointed as Minister of Youth and Sports, as well as Tourism and Handicrafts.[3] [6] In 2004, he was appointed as Minister of Transport, remaining in that post until he was dismissed in the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution.[3]