Oral history interview with Abderrazek Ben Khalifa, 2015
Abstract
In this interview, Abderrazek Ben Khalifa discusses his reactions to the Tunisian demonstrations of 2010; the circumstances around his joining the provisional government; his interactions and relationship with Mehdi Jomaa; reflections on personalities in the provisional government; and his relections on the work of the provisional government and the environment in which it operated
Politicians; Arab Spring, 2010-; Revolutions--Tunisia; Tunisia Politics and government 2011-; Tunisia History Demonstrations, 2010-; Ben Khalifa, Abderrazek; Jomaa, Mehdi
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
36 pages
Note (Biographical)
Abderrazek Ben Khalifa is a magistrate, judge and politician. In 2014, he was appointed by Mehdi Jomaa as Secretary of State for Local and Regional Government. Before that, from 2012 to 2013, he was governor of Bizerte and then governor of Tunis. From 2011 to 2012, he served as the second vice president of the Financial Market Council, and from 1997 to 2011 he was an administrative judge. From 1992 to 1997, he was the secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Note
Interviewed by Caitlin Bertin-Mahieux on May 20, 2015
Note (Provenance)
Abderrazek Ben Khalifa, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2018