Ministry of Culture (Tunisia)

Minister of Culture of Tunisia
Minister of Culture of Tunisia
	Incumbent; Chiraz Latiri; since 27 February 2020
Inaugural holder	Chedli Klibi
Formation	7 October 1961

The Ministry of Culture of Tunisia (Arabic: وزارة الثقافة‎), established in 1961, is responsible for the government and general planning and running of cultural enterprises and pursuits in the country. Its headquarters are at Rue du 2-Mars 1934 in Tunis. The Minister of Culture, elected in 2015, is Latifa Lakhdar. In 2013, the ministry had a budget of 170,735 million (TND).^[1]

Ministers[]


Name	Party	Government	Started	Ended
Chedli Klibi (1925-2020)	PSD	Government of Bahi Ladgham	7 October 1961	12 June 1970
Habib Boularès (1933-2014)	PSD	Government of Bahi Ladgham Government of Hédi Amara Nouira	12 June 1970	17 June 1971
Chedli Klibi (1925-2020)	PSD	Government of Hédi Amara Nouira	24 June 1971	30 November 1973
Mahmoud Messadi (1911-2004)	PSD	Government of Hédi Amara Nouira	30 November 1973	9 December 1976
Chedli Klibi (1925-2020)	PSD	Government of Hédi Amara Nouira	9 December 1976	20 September 1978
(1924-2005)	PSD	Government of Hédi Amara Nouira	20 September 1978	7 November 1979
Fouad Mebazaa (1933-)	PSD	Government of Hédi Amara Nouira Government of Mohammed Mzali	7 November 1979	2 January 1981
(1923-)	PSD	Government of Mohamed Mzali	2 January 1981	12 May 1986
Zakaria Ben Mustapha (1925-2019)	PSD	Government of Mohamed Mzali Government of Rachid Sfar	12 May 1986	29 September 1987
Abdelaziz Ben Dhia (1936-2015)	PSD	Government of Rachid Sfar	29 September 1987	2 October 1987
Zakaria Ben Mustapha (1925-2019)	PSD RCD	Government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Government of Hédi Baccouche	2 October 1987	12 April 1988
	RCD	Government of Hédi Baccouche	12 April 1988	27 July 1988
Habib Boularès (1933-2014)	RCD	Government of Hédi Baccouche Government of Hamed Karoui	27 July 1988	3 March 1990
Ahmed Khaled	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	3 March 1990	20 February 1991
Moncer Rouissi	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	20 February 1991	11 October 1991
	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	11 October 1991	1995
	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui	1995	July 1996
Abdelbaki Hermassi (1937-)	RCD	Government of Hamed Karoui Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	July 1996	10 November 2004
Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour	RCD	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	10 November 2004	29 August 2008
Abderraouf El Basti	RCD	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	29 August 2008	17 January 2011
Moufida Tlatli (1947-)	Independent	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2)	17 January 2011	27 January 2011
	Independent	Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2) Government of Béji Caïd Essebsi	27 January 2011	24 December 2011
Mehdi Mabrouk	Independent	Government of Hamadi Jebali Government of Ali Larayedh	24 December 2011	29 January 2014
	Independent	Government of Mehdi Jomaa	29 January 2014	6 February 2015
Latifa Lakhdar (1956-)	Independent	Government of Habib Essid	6 February 2015	12 January 2016
Sonia M'barek	Independent	Government of Habib Essid	12 January 2016	27 August 2016
Mohamed Zine El Abidine	Independent	Government of Youssef Chahed	27 August 2016	27 February 2020
Chiraz Latiri	Independent	Government of Elyes Fakhfakh	27 February 2020	In course