Ministry of Culture (Tunisia)

The Ministry of Culture of Tunisia (Arabic: وزارة الثقافة‎), established in 1961, is responsible for the government and general planning and running of cultural enterprises and pursuits in the country. Its headquarters are based at Rue du 2-Mars 1934 in Tunis. The Minister of Culture, elected in 2015, is Latifa Lakhdar. In 2013, the ministry had a budget of 170,735 millions (TND).^[1]

Ministers

Image	Name	Party		Government	Started	Ended
	Chedli Klibi	PSD		Government of Bahi Ladgham	7 October 1961	12 June 1970
	Habib Boularès	PSD		Government of Bahi Ladgham Government of Hédi Nouira	12 June 1970	17 June 1971
	Chedli Klibi	PSD		Government of Hédi Nouira	24 June 1971	30 November 1973
	Mahmoud Messadi	PSD		Government of Hédi Nouira	30 November 1973	9 December 1976
	Chedli Klibi	PSD		Government of Hédi Nouira	9 December 1976	20 September 1978
	Mohamed Yaâlaoui	PSD		Government of Hédi Nouira	20 September 1978	7 November 1979
	Fouad Mebazaa	PSD		Government of Hédi Nouira Government of Mohamed Mzali	7 November 1979	2 January 1981
	Béchir Ben Slama	PSD		Government of Mohamed Mzali	2 January 1981	12 May 1986
	Zakaria Ben Mustapha	PSD		Government of Mohamed Mzali Government of Rachid Sfar	12 May 1986	29 September 1987
	Abdelaziz Ben Dhia	PSD		Government of Rachid Sfar	29 September 1987	2 October 1987
	Zakaria Ben Mustapha	PSD RCD		Government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Government of Hédi Baccouche	2 October 1987	12 April 1988
	Abdelmalek Laârif	RCD		Government of Hédi Baccouche	12 April 1988	27 July 1988
	Habib Boularès	RCD		Government of Hédi Baccouche Government of Hamed Karoui	27 July 1988	3 March 1990
	Ahmed Khaled	RCD		Government of Hamed Karoui	3 March 1990	20 February 1991
	Moncer Rouissi	RCD		Government of Hamed Karoui	20 February 1991	11 October 1991
	Mongi Bousnina	RCD		Government of Hamed Karoui	11 October 1991	1995
	Salah Baccari	RCD		Government of Hamed Karoui	1995	July 1996
	Abdelbaki Hermassi	RCD		Government of Hamed Karoui Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	July 1996	10 November 2004
	Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour	RCD		Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	10 November 2004	29 August 2008
	Abderraouf El Basti	RCD		Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (1)	29 August 2008	17 January 2011
	Moufida Tlatli	Independent		Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2)	17 January 2011	27 January 2011
	Azedine Beschaouch	Independent		Government of Mohamed Ghannouchi (2) Government of Béji Caïd Essebsi	27 January 2011	24 December 2011
	Mehdi Mabrouk	Independent		Government of Hamadi Jebali Government of Ali Larayedh	24 December 2011	29 January 2014
	Mourad Sakli	Independent		Government of Mehdi Jomaa	29 January 2014	6 February 2015
	Latifa Lakhdar	Independent		Government of Habib Essid	6 February 2015	In course

References

1. "Finances 2013" (in Arabic). V2.portail.finances.gov.tn. Retrieved 28 May 2015.