Slaheddine Baccouche

He is the son of General Mohamed Baccouche, native of Cape Bon, Minister and Counselor beylical; his mother is Mamiya Ben Ayed, from a family of the Caidal aristocracy.

After having held several positions of caid in Sousse and Bizerte, he held the office of Grand Vizier twice during the reign of Lamine Bey from 15 May 1943 to 19 July 1947, and from 26 March 1952 to 2 March 1953.

He is often considered as one of the Tunisian personalities, who opposed the Tunisian national movement, with Mustapha Kaak, Abdelkader Belkhodja or Hédi Raïs.

He is the uncle of the writer Hachemi Baccouche.

• Jean Déjeux, Dictionnaire des auteurs maghrébins de langue française, éd. Karthala, Paris, 1984, p. 272

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