| Abdessalem Mseddi | |
| Office: | Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research |
| Predecessor: | Tijani Chelli |
| President: | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Primeminister: | Hédi Baccouche |
| Successor: | Mohamed Charfi |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Sfax, Tunisia |
| Nationality: | Tunisian |
| Occupation: | Linguist, Professor (Tunis University), Writer |
| Term Start: | 12 April 1988 |
| Term End: | 11 April 1989 |
Abdessalem Mseddi (Arabic: عبد السلام المسدي) is a Tunisian linguist, diplomat, writer, literary critic, and ex-minister, born 26 January 1945.[1]
Mseddi was Minister of Higher Education from 1988[2] to 1989. He was subsequently appointed ambassador first to the Arab League (1989-1990), then to Saudi Arabia (1990-1991), after which he resumed teaching at Tunis University.[3] Other positions he has held include General Secretary of the Tunisian Writers' Union and Secretary of the Scientific Council of the Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic.[1]
He is the author of a number of works, including Arab Identity and Language Security (2014).[4]