Mohamed Lamine Chakhari was born on 17 May 1957 in Foussana.[2] He received a PhD in Mechanical engineering.[2]
He works as a university professor at the National Engineering School of Tunis. He is also the chief executive officer of an industrial company and the head of its mechanical engineering department.[2] He is a member of the Ennahda Movement.[2]
On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Industry and Commerce.[2] On 16 February 2012, he became Minister of Industry only, and his former deputy minister, Bechir Zaafouri, became Minister of Trade and Handicraft.[3]
In May 2012, he announced that natural gas lines would reach the governorates of Kasserine, Siliana, Jendouba, Beja, and El Kef in Northwestern Tunisia.[4] In June 2012, he unveiled a $2.5 billion investment strategy in solar energy for the Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG).[5]
