Zebidi, Minister of Defense in Tunisia

It is a professor of medicine, Abdelkarim Zebidi, who had already held ministerial positions (Health, Research), who will occupy the post of Minister of Defense in Tunisia. The street having refused the constitution of a provisional government including Ben Ali's ministers in the main ministries. When he was Minister of Research (in 2002), he notably pleaded for greater involvement of the European Union to support research institutes in Tunisia and more generally in the Maghreb.