Faïza Kefi

Faïza Kefi (born 1949) is a Tunisian jurist, politician and diplomat who has held various posts, including minister of environment and land development, member of the Parliament and ambassador of Tunisia to France.

Faïza Kefi
President of the National Audit Office
In office
March 2004 – July 2011
PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali
Succeeded byM. Abdellatif Kharrat
Ambassador of Tunisia to France
In office
May 2001 – 2003
Minister of Professional Training and Employment
In office
2000 – May 2001
PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali
Minister of Environment and Land Development
In office
April 1999 – 2000
PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali
Preceded byMohamed Mlika
Personal details
Born1949 (age 73–74)
Political party
Alma materUniversity of Tunis
OccupationJurist

Early life and education

She was born in 1949.[1] She attended Tunis University obtaining a degree in public law.[1][2] She also received in educational planning from the National Civil Services School.[1][3] In addition, she holds a master's degree in law and a PhD from the University of Administrative Sciences.[3]

Career and activities

Kefi worked at Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Women's Affairs[3] and Ministry of Planning.[4] She was part of the Tunisian delegation to the World Conference on Women held in Nairobi in 1985.[1] She joined the ruling party Democratic Constitutional Rally the day after the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came to power in November 1987.[5] Then she was elected as a deputy to the National Assembly in 1994.[3][6] There she was the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians.[6] In 1993 she became the president of the Tunisian National Women's Union.[4] She held the post until 1999.[5]

Then Kefi was appointed the minister of the environment and land development in April 1999, replacing Mohamed Mlika in the post,[7][8] and became the second Tunisian woman holding a cabinet post.[9] Kefi's next cabinet post was the minister of professional training and employment.[10] Then she was named as the ambassador of Tunisia to France in May 2001[5] and held the post until 2003.[1] She was appointed head of the Tunisian national audit office in March 2004.[11] She remained in office until July 2011 and was replaced by M. Abdellatif Kharrat in the post.[1]

Kefi became the president of the Technical Committee for the Social Dialogue in 2013.[12] She was elected as one of the ten members of the executive bureau of the Nidaa Tounes party in March 2015.[13]

Personal life

Kefi is married and has three children.[2]

References
  1. Roel Janssen (2015). "The Art of Audit. Eight remarkable government auditors on stage" (PDF). oapen.org. pp. 17–18, 22. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. Delinda C. Hanley (October–November 1998). "Three Faces of Tunisian Women: A Political Activist, An Entrepreneurial Family, and an Islamic Theologian". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. p. 64. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. "New President of the Court of Auditors Named". International Journal of Government Auditing. 31 (2). 2004. ProQuest 236855781.
  4. Laurie A. Brand (1998). Women, the State, and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern and North African Experiences. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231112673.
  5. "Faïza Kéfi rappelée à Tunis". Jeune Afrique (in French). 30 July 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. "Status of women commission focus on 'women in power and decision making'" (Press release). United Nations. 12 March 1997. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. "Profile - Faiza Kefi". APS Review Gas Market Trends. 10 April 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. "Tunisia Week In Review". allAfrica. Tunis. North Africa Journal. 26 April 1999. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  9. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, ed. (2002). Middle East Contemporary Survey 1999. Vol. XXIII. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University. p. 580. ISBN 978-965-224-049-1.
  10. The Middle East and North Africa 2003 (49 ed.). London; New York: Europa Publications. p. 1076. ISBN 978-1-85743-132-2.
  11. "Tunisia: Government partially reshuffled by president". BBC Monitoring Middle East. London. 22 March 2004. ProQuest 458745762. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  12. "La réforme en marche". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). Tunis. 23 March 2019. ProQuest 2195991035. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  13. "Composition du Bureau politique de Nidaa Tounes". allAfrica (in French). 22 March 2015. ProQuest 1665316208. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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