doi:10.7916/2mje-w228Oral history interview with Ghazi Jeribi, 2015Jeribi, Ghazioral historiesmixed materialArab Spring, 2010-Revolutions--TunisiaConstitutional law--TunisiaTunisia Officials and employeesTunisia Politics and government 2011-Jeribi, GhaziBin ʻAlī, Zayn al-ʻĀbidīnGhazi Jeribi describes his role as a member of Tunisia's Constitutional Council, which dealt with issues of succession after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's flight. Jeribi says that the Tunisian Revolution was not unexpected; social unrest was already roiling, especially since 2008. He explains how the Administrative Tribunal, on which he sat, protected the country's legal system, supported opposition leaders after the revolution, and pressured the Mohamed Ghannouchi government to disempower the Ministry of Interior. Jeribi later became president of the High Committee for Administrative and Financial Control, which sought to balance the powers of the prime minister and the president. Jeribi then narrates his own recruitment to Mehdi Jomaa's technocratic government, first to the Ministry of Justice and then, abruptly, to the Ministry of Defense. Jeribi was not part of Ben Ali's government; in fact, Ben Ali had established a kind of parallel government in Carthage. Jeribi comments on the warm atmosphere and team spirit in Jomaa's cabinet. He discusses the challenges of terrorism in the region. He speaks to Tunisia's exceptional identity, including the non-ideological role of the army, his own experience being educated in France, and the country's early investments in women's rights and education. Finally, Jeribi asserts that the Jomaa government has left no negative legacy