Mehdi Jomaa (; born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014
Early life
He was born on 21 April 1962 in
Mahdia, Tunisia. He graduated from the National Engineering School,
Tunis in 1998.
He is an engineer by profession. He also holds a postgraduate degree in structural mechanics and in modeling.
[ He spent most of his career at Hutchinson SA and at Total.][ He is married and has five children.]
Political life
After Hamadi Jebali asked him to be part of Jebali Cabinet, he quit his professional career[ after the crackdown of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali government in the 2011 uprising. He did not belong to any political party; he was an Independent. On 13 March 2013, he became Minister of Industry in a coalition government led by Ennahda Movement after Ali Laarayedh appealed him to be part of his government.][ The leftist Popular Front coalition doubted whether he could handle the present situation.][ His caretaker government carried out the process for new elections and attempted to deal with the economic issues.][
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After Habib Essid became Prime Minister in February 2015, Mehdi Jomaa spent a year away from political life until in early February 2016 he announced the formation of a think-tank and political program dubbed "Tunisia Alternatives".[Frida Dahmani, "Tunisie : Mehdi Jomâa lance son parti politique", Jeune Afrique, 29 March 2017 .]
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