Ali Laarayedh
Ali Laarayedh | |
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علي العريّض | |
| File:Portrait de Ali Laarayedh.jpg Laarayedh in 2014 | |
| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
| In office 14 March 2013 – 29 January 2014 | |
| President | Moncef Marzouki |
| Preceded by | Hamadi Jebali |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Jomaa |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 24 December 2011 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamadi Jebali |
| Preceded by | Habib Essid |
| Succeeded by | Lotfi Ben Jeddou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1955 |
| Party | Ennahda Movement |
| Spouse | Widad Larayedh |
| Children | 3 |
Ali Laarayedh (Tunisian Arabic: علي العريّض, ʿAlī el-ʿArayiḍ; born 15 August 1955) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 2013 to 2014. Previously he served in the government as the Minister of the Interior from 2011[1][2][3] to 2013. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, Laarayedh was designated as prime minister in February 2013. He is a member of the Ennahda Movement.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Laarayedh was born in Medenine in 1955.[2][4]
Political activism
[edit | edit source]Laarayedh was the spokesperson for the Ennahda Movement from 1981 until his arrest in 1990. After he was harassed by the police under President Habib Bourguiba, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, during which time he suffered torture. He was, among other techniques, threatened with HIV transfusion. His wife, Wided Lagha, was sexually abused and videotaped by officials from the Ministry of Interior.[2] After being detained in September 2022, Laarayedh was arrested in December 2022 on accusations alongside others of facilitating the departure of Tunisians to fight with armed rebel groups in the Syrian conflict.[5] In May 2025, he was sentenced to 34 years' imprisonment over the charges.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]On 20 December 2011, after President Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of the Interior.[3][7] He vowed to support peace in Tunisia, rejecting religious extremism, tribalism or regionalism.[7] On 22 February 2013, Laarayedh was appointed prime minister after Hamadi Jebali resigned from office.[4] Laarayedh in turn resigned on 9 January 2014.[8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Laarayedh is married and has three children.[3] His wife is a medical technician.[9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ CIA World Leaders Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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