Abderraouf El Basti

Abderraouf El Basti was born on August 19, 1947.^[2] He received a master's degree in Arabic literature from the University of Tunis.^[2]

From 1981 to 1988, he worked for the Union des Radios Arabes, and he was its CEO from 1989 to 1998.^[2] From 1999 to 2000, he was the Tunisian Ambassador to Lebanon.^[2] From 2000 to 2002, he was the President of the Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne.^[2] He was then Ambassador to Jordan.^[2] In 2007, he was appointed as Secretary of State to the Foreign Ministry. In 2008, he became the Minister of Culture and Protection of National Heritage.^[2]