Mohamed Akrout, the CEO of ETAP [l'Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières], gives an overview of the development of the energy sector leading up to and following the Tunisian Revolution. He provides insight on how allegations of corruption affected his sector and on how juridical concerns raised by the new constitution shaped this significant area of the country's economy during the trans itional period. He also comments on Mehdi Jomaa's governing style and the benefits of having foreign experts involved in the technocratic government
Chief executive officers; Arab Spring, 2010-; Revolutions--Tunisia; Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Tunisia; Tunisia History Demonstrations, 2010-; Tunisia Politics and government 2011-; Akrout, Mohamed; Jomaa, Mehdi
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
29 pages
Note (Biographical)
Mohamed Akrout was President and CEO of ETAP, the Tunisian Enterprise of Petroleum Activities, at the time of the interview. Under Zine El Abdine Ben Ali, he served as Director-General of Energy
Note (Language)
Interviewer's questions are in English and narrator's answers are in French
Note
Interviewed by Peter Bearman on September 1, 2015
Note (Provenance)
Mohamed Akrout, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2018
