Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour

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Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour
Born (1951-01-05) 5 January 1951 (age 70)
La Marsa, Tunisia 
NationalityTunisian
EducationTunis University
The Sorbonne
OccupationHistorian
Political partyDemocratic Constitutional Rally
AwardsOfficer of Order of Academic Palms
Knight of the Ordre National du Mérite

Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (Arabic: محمد العزيز بن عاشور) is a Tunisian politician and historian[1] born on 5 January 1951; he specializes in urban, social and cultural history of modern Tunisia and the Islamic civilization.[2] He was the Minister of Culture[3][4] some time between 2004 and 2008, and later Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) some time between 2009 and 2013.[5]

Life[]

He was Director of Heritage Sciences at the National Heritage Institute[4] and later Director-General of Institut supérieur d'histoire du mouvement national (French for "The Higher Institute of History of the National Movement") as well as Governor of Historic Site at Sidi Bou Said at the same time. He also served as Municipal Councillor for the Democratic Constitutional Rally in Tunis for some time between 1995 and 2000, and later became Deputy Mayor of Tunis until 2005.

In November 2004, he was appointed Minister of Culture in the First cabinet of Mohamed Ghannouchi and remained at the head of the ministry until August 2008.[2] In December of the same year, he was elected Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization[4] for a four-year period that started on February 1, 2009.[2][6]

Education[]

Mohamed El Aziz belongs to the Ben Achour family, an ancient bourgeois family in Tunis which descends from Andalusia.[7] He is the grandson of Sheikh Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur,[8] and the son of Abdelmalek Ben Achour and Radiya Al-Jaluli.

He obtained a master's degree in history from Tunis University, then a degree in scientific studies, followed by a Ph.D. in Islamic civilization in 1977, and another in humanities in 1986, all from the Sorbonne.[9]

Works[]

  • Les ulamâ de Tunis aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles (French for "Scholars of Tunisia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries"), Paris-Sorbonne University Publications, Paris (1977)[10]
  • Catégories de la société tunisoise dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle (French for "Tunisian Society Groups in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century"), National Heritage Institute Publications, Tunis (1989)[11]
  • The Zaytuna Mosque: The Monument and the Men, CERES Publications, Tunis (1991)[12]
  • Les décorations tunisiennes d'époque husseïnite (French for "Medal of Tunisia in the Husseini Period"), Sagittaire Publications, Tunis (1994) (ISBN 9973973801)[13]
  • Les Arabes: du message à l'histoire (French for "Arabs: From a Letter to History"), Fayard Publications, Paris (1995) (ISBN 2213593302)
  • Le Bardo, palais des beys de Tunis (French for "Bardois, Tunisia Bayat Palace"), Sagittaire Publications, Tunis (2000)
  • La cour du bey de Tunis (French for "Bey of Tunis Court"), Espace Diwan Publications, Tunis (2003)[14]
  • Zaouïas et confréries. Aspects de l'islam mystique dans l'histoire tunisienne (French for "Mausoleums and Brotherhood. Aspects of Sufism in Tunisian History") Sagittaire Publications, Tunis (2004) (ISBN 9973973852)[15]
  • L'Excès d'Orient. La notion de pouvoir dans le monde arabe (French for "Excess of the East. The Concept of Power in the Arab world"), Erick Bonnier Publications, Paris (2015) (ISBN 2367600430)[16]
  • La Tunisie, la Méditerranée et l'Orient au miroir de l'histoire (French for "Tunisia, the Mediterranean and the East in the Mirror of History"), Leaders International, Tunisia (2020)

Awards and medals[]

Awards[]

Medals[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ben Achour, Mohamed El-Aziz". viaf.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "H.E. Dr. Mohamed El-Aziz Ben Achour". WISE. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  3. ^ "Art Center Berlin 07 | Tunesian Culture | art place berlin". www.art-place-berlin.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "MOHAMED-EL AZIZ BEN ACHOUR SIGNS THE APPEAL FOR THE NAPLES HEADQUARTERS OF THE MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT". www.fondazionemediterraneo.org. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  5. ^ "Irina Bokova pays tribute to the contribution of the Arabic language to universal culture | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  6. ^ "انتخاب السيد محمد العزيز ابن عاشور مديرا عاما للالكسو". تورس. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  7. ^ "عائلة بن عاشور". areq.net. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  8. ^ BGMN (2016-12-04). "Ben Achour library shelters rare manuscripts nowhere to be found". Tunisian Monitor Online. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  9. ^ "مدير عام «الألكسو» يحصل على جائزة المتوسّط للثقافة - فكر وفن - ثقافة - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  10. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El Aziz (1991). Les ulamâ à Tunis aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles (Thesis) (in French). Lille: A.N.R.T.
  11. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El Aziz; Maʻhad al-Qawmī lil-Āthār wa-al-Funūn bi-Tūnis (1989). Catégories de la société tunisoise dans la deuxième moitié du XIXème siècle: les élites musulmanes (in French). Tunis: Ministère des affaires culturelles. OCLC 25348011.
  12. ^ ابن عاشور، محمد العزيز (1991). جامع الزيتونة: المعلم ورجاله (in Arabic). Tūnis: Dār Sarās lil-Nashr. ISBN 978-9973-700-32-2. OCLC 31141614.
  13. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El Aziz (1994). Les décorations tunisiennes à l'époque husseïnite (in French). Tunis: Sagittaire éditions. ISBN 978-9973-9738-0-1. OCLC 45548797.
  14. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El Aziz (2003). La cour du bey de Tunis: document inédit avec préface, présentation historique, commentaires, notices biographiques et bibliographie complémentaire (in French). Tunis: Espace diwan. OCLC 60514991.
  15. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El-Aziz (2004). Zaouïas et confréries: aspects de l'Islam mystique dans l'histoire tunisienne (in French). Lieu de publication non identifié: Sagittaire ed. ISBN 978-9973-9738-5-6. OCLC 470731822.
  16. ^ Ben Achour, Mohamed El Aziz (2015). L'excès d'Orient: la notion de pouvoir dans le monde arabe : essai (in French). ISBN 978-2-36760-043-7. OCLC 908013922.
  17. ^ "Conservation of Sidi Bou Saïd | Aga Khan Development Network". www.akdn.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  18. ^ "The Director-General receives the "Mediterranean Award for Cultural Heritage" by the Fondazione Mediterraneo for her work in favor of the protection of cultural heritage worldwide | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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