Sadok Ghileb

Sadok Ghileb (1840–1912) was a Tunisian politician and mayor of Tunis.

Biography

Ghileb was born in Tunisia into a bourgeoisie family of Turkish origin. He was the maternal uncle of Mustapha Dinguizli.[1] During his studies at the Al-Zaytuna Mosque Ghileb became interested in politics.[1] In 1864 he became an aide to Muhammad III as-Sadiq until he headed to City Council in Tunis as vice president in 1877.[1] Between 1886 and 1902 he became the Governor of El Kef, of Soliman, Bizerte and Nabeul. He succeeded Mohamed El Sheikh as the mayor of Tunis until 1912.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, Catégories de la société tunisoise dans la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle, éd. Institut national d'archéologie et d'art, Tunis, 1989, p. 235
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