Mohamed Ben Salem | |
Office: | Tunisian Minister of Agriculture |
President: | Moncef Marzouki |
Primeminister: | Hamadi Jebali (2011–13), Ali Laarayedh (2013–14) |
Term Start: | 24 December 2011 |
Term End: | 29 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | Mokhtar Jallali |
Successor: | Lassaad Lachaal |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1953 |
Party: | Ennahda Movement |
Mohamed Ben Salem, born on 19 February 1953, is a Tunisian politician. He served from December 2011 to January 2014 as Minister of Agriculture under the Prime Ministers Hamadi Jebali and Ali Laarayedh.[1] [2]
He is a member of the Ennahda Movement.[2] In 1987, he was jailed for nine months, and two and a half months between the years 1990 and 1991.[2] He lived in exile in France from 1991 to 2011.[2] During that time, he was involved with the Paris-based Tunisian Solidarity Association.[2]
On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture.[2] He remained in office in the Laarayedh Cabinet.
Associate Manager of a CIVIL SOCIETY ESTATE "AL BARAKA" having a capital of 282,030.68 EURO[3]