Mondher Zenaidi | |
Office: | Minister of Public Health |
Term Start: | 3 September 2007 |
Term End: | 17 January 2011 |
President: | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
Primeminister: | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Predecessor: | Mohamed Ridha Kechrid |
Successor: | Mustapha Ben Jaafar |
Office2: | Minister of Commerce |
Term Start2: | 5 September 2002 |
Term End2: | 3 September 2007 |
President2: | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
Primeminister2: | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Predecessor2: | Tahar Sioud |
Successor2: | Ridha Touiti |
Office3: | Minister of Tourism |
Term Start3: | 25 January 2001 |
Term End3: | 22 March 2004 |
President3: | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
Primeminister3: | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Office4: | Minister of Commerce |
Term Start4: | 13 June 1996 |
Term End4: | 25 January 2001 |
President4: | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
Primeminister4: | Hamed Karoui Mohamed Ghannouchi |
Predecessor4: | Slaheddine Ben Mbarek |
Successor4: | Tahar Sioud |
Office5: | Minister of Transport |
Term Start5: | 1 June 1994 |
Term End5: | 13 June 1996 |
President5: | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
Primeminister5: | Hamed Karoui |
Predecessor5: | Tahar Hadj Ali |
Successor5: | Sadok Rabah |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1950 |
Birth Place: | Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | Democratic Constitutional Rally (until 2011) |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | École Centrale Paris, ENA |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Mondher Zenaidi (ar|منذر الزنايدي; born 24 October 1950) is a Tunisian politician. He served in the government of Tunisia as Minister of Public Health from 2007 to 2011.[1] Prior to this, he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Commerce.[2] [3]
Zenaidi was born on October 24, 1950, in Tunis.[3] He graduated from the École centrale Paris in 1973 and the École nationale d'administration in 1976.[2] [3]
He served as chief of cabinet of the Ministry of Health, general director of the Tunisian National Office for Tourism, and general director of the Tunisian Office of Commerce.[2] [3] In 1991, he was elected vice-president of the Tunisian Parliament.[2] He was appointed as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, then as Minister of Transport in 1994, Minister of Commerce in 1996, Minister of Commerce and Tourism in 2002, Minister of Commerce and Handicraft.[2] [3] In 2007, he was appointed as Minister of Public Health.[2]
He was a board member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally.[3] He was elected as sixty-third president of the World Health Assembly.[2] He has been involved with the World Trade Organization and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.[3] [4]
Zenaidi applied to run in the 2024 Tunisian presidential election but was disqualified by the High Independent Authority for Elections despite winning an appeal in the Administrative Court.[5]