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Tunisia's new tourism minister Roni Trabelsi

Tunisia's new Jewish tourism minister

Roni Trabelsi, a successful businessman, appointed by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed as tourism minister; he is the second Jew to serve as minister in the predominantly Muslim country, Nessim Samama served as the finance minister of the king of Tunis in 1860.

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced 13 new appointments in his Cabinet on Monday, including several ministers. The new tourism minister is Roni Trabelsi, a Jewish man who reportedly lives in France but also holds Tunisian citizenship.

 

 

Trabelsi is a prominent and successful businessman in Tunisia, dealing mostly with tourism. He owns the Royal First Travel agency.

 

He was previously in the running for the tourism minister position, but did not get the job.

 

Tunisia's new tourism minister Roni Trabelsi, left
Tunisia's new tourism minister Roni Trabelsi, left

 

Trabelsi, whose father Peres Trabelsi is one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Tunisia, will be the second ever Jewish minister in the predominantly Muslim country.

 

The first Jewish minister in Tunisia was Nessim Samama, who was appointed the finance minister for the king of Tunis in 1860.

 

The Jewish community in the country used to number in the hundreds of thousands, but according to the Associated Press there are only about 1,200 Jews left there now.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.06.18, 14:53
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