Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane

Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane was Tunisia's health minister. She took office in the interim Tunisian government which began on January 28, 2011, after protests had dislodged a longstanding authoritarian government.[1]

Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane
Minister of Health of Tunisia
In office 27 January 2011 – 1 July 2011
President	Fouad Mebazaa (Acting)
Prime Minister	Mohamed Ghannouchi Béji Caïd Essebsi
Preceded by	Mustapha Ben Jafar
Succeeded by	Slaheddine Sellami
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-19) March 19, 1950 El Ksar, Tunisia
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Tunis University University of Tokyo Université Laval University of Chicago

Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane earned a public health degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tunis (1978) and trained further in public health at Laval University (1979), the University of Chicago (1981) and the University of Tokyo (1988). She is a professor of preventive medicine with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tunis and head of the Laboratory for Research on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and has worked with the World Health Organization. In 2001, she received the Award of Maghreb societies of Medical Sciences. She is a founding member of the Tunisian League of Epidemiology, and other national and international medical societies.[2]

Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane cofounded the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women and the Tunisian Association for Development Research, and the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International.[2][3]

Habiba Zehi Ben Romdhane was born in 1950 in El Ksar in the Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia.[2] Her husband, Mahmoud Ben Romdhane, is an economist and a member of the Ettajdid Movement political party.[3]