Othman Jerandi

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Othman Jerandi
Othman Jerandi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 September 2020
President	Kais Saied
Prime Minister	Hichem Mechichi Najla Bouden
Preceded by
In office 13 March 2013 – 29 January 2014
President	Moncef Marzouki
Prime Minister	Ali Laarayedh
Preceded by	Rafik Abdessalem
Succeeded by	Mongi Hamdi
Personal details
Born	Othman Jerandi 1951 (age 70–71)[1] Hammam Lif, Tunisia

Othman Jerandi (Arabic: عثمان الجرندي; born 1951) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat.^[2] He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2013 to January 2014. He was again elected to be the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2020.

Career[]

With a degree in communications, he started his career in 1979^[3] in the government of Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Amara Nouira.

His political career has involved the following roles:^[4]

1979 - 1981: First Secretary Tunis, Tunisia

1981 - 1988: First Secretary Then Counsellor in the Embassy of Tunisia to the State of Kuwait.

1998 - 1990: Counsellor in the Cabinet on the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

1990 - 1994: Counsellor to The Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations, New York.

1994 - 1997: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia with residence in Lagos.

1998 - 2000: Director of Political, Economic and Cooperation Affairs with Africa and the African Union.

2002 - 2005: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia to the Republic of Korea (Seoul).

2000 - 2002: Ambassador of Tunisia, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (New York) in charge of the Security Council when Tunisia was elected as Non-Permanent Member of the Security Council.

March 2002: elected Chairman of the commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an organ of the Social and Economic Council (ECOSOC) for two consecutive Sessions.

2005 - 2008: Director General of International Conferences and organizations.

2008 - 2010: Chargé de Mission in the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

2010 - 2011: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia to the Kingdom of Jordan.

August 2011 - November 2012: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations (New York).

March 2013 to February 2014: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia.

2014 - 2019: Consultant in International Relations and Multilateral Diplomacy.

April 2020 - September 2020: Senior Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the Republic.

Since September 2020, Jerandi has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad.

On 8 July 2021, Jerandi received a phone call US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.^[5] The two ministers discussed ways to further strengthen consultation and coordination on several regional and international issues of common interest. They also reviewed the UN and international efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people which has increased amid the coronavirus pandemic, through speeding up the reopening of corridors allowing the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid.^[6]

On the bilateral level, Othman Jerandi welcomed the U.S. administration's support to Tunisia in this difficult situation marked by the spread of the COVID-19, by confirming granting of 500,000 vaccines.^[7]

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