Mohsen Marzouk
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Mohsen Marzouk | |
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محسن مرزوق | |
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| Born | July 1965 (age 60–61) |
| Party | Machrouu Tounes |
Mohsen Marzouk (Arabic: محسن مرزوق; born July 1965) is a Tunisian politician. He holds a degree in political sociology and International Relations from the International Studies Association in Tunis.
Mohsen Marzouk was born in July 1965 and raised in a poor working-class neighborhood in the city of Sfax. At fourteen, he was expelled from school for his oppositional political activities. He managed to re-enter and finish high school in Sfax.[1]
At the University of Tunis, Marzouk was a leading student activist. In 1987, while still enrolled, he was arrested by Tunisia's secret police. He was interrogated and tortured for many days before being sent to a labor camp in the southern desert.[1]
When he was allowed to return, Marzouk remained politically active. He worked towards reinstating the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET)[1] which after Ben Ali's rise to power became deeply divided over its further political course.[2] Marzouk was appointed to the UGET's executive bureau[1] while at the same time, he was conspiratively active for the outlawed leftist movement El Amal Ettounsi.[3]
