Houcine Dimassi | |
Office: | Minister of Finance |
Primeminister: | Hamadi Jebali |
Term Start: | 24 December 2011 |
Term End: | 27 July 2012 |
Predecessor: | Jalloul Ayed |
Successor: | Elyes Fakhfakh |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1948 |
Birth Place: | Ksar Hellal, Monastir Governorate, French Tunisia |
Party: | Nidaa Tounes |
Alma Mater: | University of Tunis |
Houcine Dimassi (born 18 November 1948) is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1] [2]
Houcine Dimassi was born on 18 November 1948 in Ksar Hellal.[2] He received a PhD in Economics in 1983 and the agrégation in 1984.[2]
He started his career as a university professor of Economics at the University of Tunis.[2] From 1988 to 1991, he served as Dean at the University of Sousse.[2] He has attended conferences of the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme.[2] In 2001, he wrote a report for the Tunisian General Labour Union.[2]
On 20 December 2011, after the deposal of President Ben Ali, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Finance[2] and submitted his resignation, which was accepted, on 27 July 2012.[3]
He is married and has four children.[2]