doi:10.7916/q5ds-8c68Oral history interview with Tawfik Jlassi, 2015Jlassi, Tawfikoral historiesmixed materialArab Spring, 2010-Revolutions--TunisiaPolitical participation--TunisiaIntelligence service--TunisiaInformation technology--TunisiaTunisia Officials and employeesTunisia History Demonstrations, 2010-Tunisia Politics and government 2011-Jlassi, TawfikTawfik Jlassi describes his experiences of the Tunisian Revolution, focusing on how he heard about developments from abroad. He explains the roles of the army versus the police during the revolution. He narrates his recruitment to Mehdi Jomaa's government. Jlassi's work extended beyond the purview of his ministries; for example, he headed a confidential program tackling cyber-terrorism. He discusses the challenges he faced, particularly regarding criticism of Jomaa's diasporic ministers, and dealing with union-led strikes responding, student strikes, and vestiges of corruption from the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime. Jlassi moves on to describe his prior involvement in Afek Tounes, which stopped before he took office. Though the technocratic government mandate was short, Jlassi believes he did hand off some worthy reform ideas for Tunisia's higher education to his successor