Mohsen Marzouk Explained

Mohsen Marzouk
Native Name:محسن مرزوق
Native Name Lang:ar
Nationality:Tunisian
Birth Date:July 1965

Mohsen Marzouk (Arabic: محسن مرزوق; born July 1965) is a Tunisian politician. He holds a degree in political sociology and International Relations from the International Studies Association in Tunis.

Early life

Mohsen Marzouk was born in July 1965 and raised in a poor working-class neighborhood in the city of Sfax. At fourteen, he was expelled from school for his oppositional political activities. He managed to re-enter and finish high school in Sfax.[1]

At the University of Tunis, Marzouk was a leading student activist. In 1987, while still enrolled, he was arrested by Tunisia's secret police. He was interrogated and tortured for many days before being sent to a labor camp in the southern desert.

When he was allowed to return, Marzouk remained politically active. He worked towards reinstating the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) which after Ben Ali's rise to power became deeply divided over its further political course.[2] Marzouk was appointed to the UGET's executive bureau while at the same time, he was conspiratively active for the outlawed leftist movement El Amal Ettounsi.[3]

Career

From 1989 on, he worked as a coordinator for the newly founded Arab Institute for Human Rights.[4] Since 2008 he has been secretary-general of the non-governmental Arab Democracy Foundation and member of the International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies.[5]

Marzouk is one of the founders of Nidaa Tounes and was member of the party's Executive Committee. As Beji Caid Essebsi's campaign manager in the 2014 presidential election[6] he announced Essebsi's victory in the runoff vote on 21 December,[7] stating that Tunisians were now turning the page of the transitional phase[8] and that Tunisia was now a stable democracy.[9] Marzouk’s faction within Nidaa Tounes supported a more assertive, secularist government.[10] Marzouk left the party in early January 2016[11] and later became part of Machrouu Tounes.[12]

Publications and working papers

Notes and References

  1. Dissident Watch: Mohsen Marzouk. Carpenter. Scott. Middle East Quarterly. 2008. 15. 3.
  2. Web site: Tunisia: The General Union of Tunisian Students (l'Union générale des étudiants Tunisiens, UGET) (2003-2005). Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 2005-11-01. 2014-12-23.
  3. Web site: Previewing Tunisia's Parliamentary & Presidential Elections. Project on Middle East Democracy. Tavana. Daniel. Russell. Alex. October 2014. 9. 2014-12-23.
  4. Web site: http://al-yawm.com/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%82. ar:وجه من المشهد السياسي: محسن مرزوق…. The face of the political scene: Mohsen Marzouk. 2014-08-09. 2014-12-22. ar. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309175824/http://al-yawm.com/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%82. 2016-03-09. dead.
  5. Web site: Mohsen Marzouk, Tunisia. Council for a Community of Democracies. 2014-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223105259/http://isc-cd.org/members/marzouk.html. 2014-12-23. dead.
  6. News: Tunisians vote for first freely elected president of post-Ben Ali era . 2014-11-23 . Reuters . 2014-12-23 . 2015-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119172343/http://www.trust.org/item/20141123153512-h1l1v . dead .
  7. Web site: Tunis : " Bajbouj Président ", a annoncé Mohsen Marzouk aux partisans de BCE. 2014-12-21. 2014-12-23. African Manager. fr.
  8. Web site: Présidentielle : Mohsen Marzouk annonce la victoire de Caïd Essebsi. Kapitalis. 2014-12-21. 2014-12-23. fr.
  9. Web site: Tunisie : La campagne de BCE proclame la victoire, Manser conteste. gnet.tn. 2014-12-21. 2014-12-23. fr.
  10. News: A rift in the ruling party may be the least of Tunisia's problems. 18 November 2015. The Economist. 17 November 2015.
  11. News: Tunisia's ruling party faces splits as lawmakers quit. 19 August 2019. 8 January 2016. Reuters. Tarek Amara.
  12. Web site: Les dissidents de Nida Tounes lancent le parti du Projet de la Tunisie. 20 March 2016. Babnet Tunisie. 19 August 2019.

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