Abdelkarim Harouni

Abdelkarim Harouni was born on December 17, 1960, in La Marsa.^[2]

He was a founding member and twice Secretary General of the students' union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).^[2] He also served as Secretary General of the Freedom and Justice Association.^[2] In 1990, he became the editor of al Fajr, the flagship publication of the Ennahda Movement.^[2] He was arrested in 1990, and sentenced to prison in 1992.^[2] He was tortured and subjected to solitary confinement.^[2] He was released on November 7, 2007, but he still fell prey to the police's intimidation and harassment.^[2]

On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Transportation.^[2] He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia until he resigned in April 2012.^[2][3]