Abbès Mohsen
| Abbès Mohsen | |
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In office 2000–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Mohamed Ali Bouleymane |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Béji Ben Mami |
| Provincial governor (Tunis region) 1st period | |
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In office March 1978 – May 1980 |
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| Provincial governor (Tunis region) 2nd period | |
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In office December 1986 – June 1988 |
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| Tunisian Ambassador to Yemen | |
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In office 1992–1995 |
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| Tunisian Ambassador to Brazil | |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Tunisian Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
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In office 2010–2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1945 Tunis |
| Political party | RCD |
| Spouse(s) | Y |
| Children | 3s |
Abbès Mohsen (born 25 October 1945) is a Tunisian politician.
Between 2008 and 2011 he was a member of his country's ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD / Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique) (political party) Central Committee. He has also served, between 2000 and 2010, as the Mayor of Tunis.
Since the Tunisian Revolution of 2010/2011 Mohsen has attempted to continue with his public career, although membership of the Tunis political establishment under the previous regime has given rise to some political hostility.
Abbès Mohsen was born into a leading Tunisian family of Cherif provenance, which has also provided a line of imams to Al-Zaytuna Mosque. He is son to Zine el-Abidine Mohsen, Qaid-governor and himself son of Grand Imam Mahmoud Mohsen and of Zohra, daughter of Habib Djellouli, a leading politician in Tunisia during the middle years of the twentieh century.
He obtained his Baccalauréat at the Lycée Francais de Mutuelleville (as it was then known). He is a qualified lawyer and an alumnus of the . At the age of just 30 he became the first governor of Bizerte and then, in 1976, the youngest ever governor of Nabeul (le Cap Bon).
Mohsen became governor-president for the important Tunis district in 1978. Two years later he was appointed Special Advisor to the First Minister. In 1981 he was appointed of the Tunisian Hotels and Tourism association. In 1983 he became Director General for Local Collectives at the Tunisian Interior Ministry and then in 1986, for a second stint, governor-president for the Tunis district.
During the later 1980s his career increasingly took him into national politics. He was appointed Director General of Protocol to the President in 1988 and Project Leader for the Interior Ministry the following year, responsible for conferences at the between 1989 and 1992. In 1992 he was sent to Yemen as his country's ambassador, returning, after three years in 1995. He now became permanent secretary to the country's ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD party / Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique), a position he retained till 1997 when he accepted a post as the Tunisian ambassador to Brazil.
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