Faïza Kefi
Tunisian jurist and politician (born 1949)
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Faïza Kefi (born 1949) is a Tunisian jurist, politician and diplomat who has held various posts, including minister of environment and land development, member of the Parliament and ambassador of Tunisia to France.
Faïza Kefi | |
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| President of the National Audit Office | |
| In office March 2004 – July 2011 | |
| President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Succeeded by | M. Abdellatif Kharrat |
| Ambassador of Tunisia to France | |
| In office May 2001 – 2003 | |
| Minister of Professional Training and Employment | |
| In office 2000 – May 2001 | |
| President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Minister of Environment and Land Development | |
| In office April 1999 – 2000 | |
| President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Mlika |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
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| Alma mater | University of Tunis |
| Occupation | Jurist |
Early life and education
She was born in 1949.[1] She attended Tunis University obtaining a degree in public law.[1][2] She also received in educational planning from the National Civil Services School.[1][3] In addition, she holds a master's degree in law and a PhD from the University of Administrative Sciences.[3]
Career and activities
Kefi worked at Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Women's Affairs[3] and Ministry of Planning.[4] She was part of the Tunisian delegation to the World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in 1985.[1] She joined the ruling party Democratic Constitutional Rally the day after the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came to power in November 1987.[5] Then she was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly in 1994.[3][6] There she was the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians.[6] In 1993 she became the president of the Tunisian National Women's Union.[4] She held the post until 1999.[5]
Then Kefi was appointed the minister of the environment and land development in April 1999, replacing Mohamed Mlika in the post,[7][8] and became the second Tunisian woman holding a cabinet post.[9] Kefi's next cabinet post was the minister of professional training and employment.[10] Then she was named as the ambassador of Tunisia to France in May 2001[5] and held the post until 2003.[1] She was appointed head of the Tunisian national audit office in March 2004.[11] She remained in office until July 2011 when she was succeeded by M. Abdellatif Kharrat in the post.[1]
Kefi became the president of the Technical Committee for the Social Dialogue in 2013.[12] She was elected as one of the ten members of the executive bureau of the Nidaa Tounes party in March 2015.[13]
Personal life
Kefi is married and has three children.[2]