Abderrahman Ladgham

Ladgham was born on October 18, 1947, in Le Bardo, Tunisia. He attended the Faculty of Medicine in Tunis and he joined the student union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).^[2] He then studied cancerology in Paris.^[2] Back in Tunis, he worked as a university professor and as a cancerologue.^[2]

He is a member of the Ettakol political party.^[2] On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister for Governance & Combating Corruption.^[2]

Ladgham is married and has three children.^[2]

• Personal profile of Abderrahman Ladgham on the website of the Tunisian Assembly of the Representatives of the People‎ (in French)