M'hamed Djellouli

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M'hamed Djellouli
14th Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office
18 February 1907 – June 1908
MonarchMuhammad V
Preceded byMohammed Aziz Bouattour
Succeeded byYoussef Djaït
Minister of the Pen
In office
October 1882 – February 1907
MonarchMuhammad III
Ali III
Muhammad IV
Muhammad V
Preceded byMohammed Aziz Bouattour
Succeeded byYoussef Djaït
Personal details
BornFebruary 1836
Tunis, Beylik of Tunis
DiedJune 1908 (aged 72)
Tunis, French Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
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M'hammed Djellouli (February 1836 in Tunis - June 1908) was a Tunisian politician who served as Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1907 until his death in 1908.

Biography[]

He was born into a patrician family of the Tunis aristocracy affiliated with the Beylical Makhzen. He began his career in 1872 as an official in the Methelith tribe. In 1874, he was appointed vice president of the Capital's City Council, while also leading Djerba and Methelith starting in 1875, when he became a brigadier general. In 1876, he became responsible for reviewing any cases between subjects of the Bey of Tunis and European nationals.[1]

In 1880, he became governor of Kef Wanifa and Agha Odjak and caïd of Sfax and South Agha Odjak after the expulsion of his predecessor and uncle, . In 1890, he was replaced in Sfax by his nephew, .[2]

After proving his loyalty to France, he was appointed in 1881 by the French authorities to succeed Mohammed Aziz Bouattour as Minister of the Pen and Minister of Justice for the first government of the French Protectorate of Tunisia. In April 1887, he received a palace in Medina of Tunis on the rue du Riche (named in honor of his grandfather Mahmoud Djellouli) from Jules Ferry during his visit. Serving from 1882 to 1906, he succeeded Bouattour as grand vizier from 1907 to his death in June 1908. He is among the ministers buried in the Tourbet el Bey mausoleum located in the Medina of Tunis.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, Society's categories of the Capital of Tunisia in the second half of the XIXth century, ed. National Institute of Archaeology and Art, Tunis, 1989, pp. 195–197)
  2. ^ Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour,Company's categories of the Capital of Tunisia in the second half of the XIXth century, ed. National Institute of Archaeology and Art, Tunis, 1989, pp. 195–197)
  3. ^ http://www.lapresse.tn/28082010/11489/promenade[permanent dead link] -within-peat Tunis Adel Latrech, "Walk in the peat Tunis", La Presse de Tunisie, 28 August 2010)).
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