Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy of the country.
Organization and structure
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia seeks to implement the government's foreign policy in conformity with the policies fixed by the head of state establishing, maintaining and developing Tunisia's partnership with foreign states and international institutions and organizations in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres.The ministry is divided into several departments:
- The State Secretariat in charge of European Affairs;
- The State Secretariat in charge of American and Asian Affairs;
- The State Secretariat in charge of Maghrebi, Arab and African Affairs;
- The Office of the Minister;
- The General Inspectorate;
- The General Secretariat;
- The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation with the Arab World and Arab and Islamic Organizations;
- The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for Europe and the European Union;
- The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for the Americas, Pacific Asia and American and Asian Regional Organizations;
- The General Directorate of Political, Economic Affairs and Cooperation for Africa and the African Union;
- The General Directorate of International Organizations and Conferences;
- The General Directorate of Consular Affairs;
- The Directorate of Diplomatic Protocol;
- The Directorate of Information;
- Units of study and research.
List of ministers
- Habib Bourguiba
- Sadok Mokaddem
- Mongi Slim
- Habib Bourguiba Jr.
- Mohamed Masmoudi
- Habib Chatty
- Muhammad Fitouri
- Hassen Belkhodja
- Beji Caid Essebsi
- Hédi Mabrouk
- Mahmoud Mestiri
- Abdelhamid Escheikh
- Ismail Khelil
- Habib Boularès
- Habib Ben Yahia
- Abderrahim Zouari
- Saïd Ben Mustapha
- Habib Ben Yahia
- Abdelbaki Hermassi
- Abdelwahab Abdallah
- Kamel Morjane
- Ahmed Ounaies
- Mouldi Kefi
- Rafik Abdessalem
- Othman Jerandi
- Mongi Hamdi
- Taïeb Baccouche
- Khemaies Jhinaoui
- Sabri Bachtabji
- Noureddine Erray
- Salma Ennaifer
- Othman Jerandi
- Nabil Ammar
- Mohamed Ali Nafti