Yadh Ben Achour

Yadh Ben Achour
عياض بن عاشور
President of the Higher Political Reform Commission of Tunisia

Yadh Ben Achour (Arabic: عياض بن عاشور‎, also Iyadh Ben Achour, born 1 June 1945) is a Tunisian lawyer and an expert on public law and Islamic political theory. He is the son of Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour, who was a prominent Tunisian theologian and union activist. On January 17, 2011 Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Prime Minister of Tunisia, appointed him to be the president of Tunisia's Higher Political Reform Commission, which is charged with overseeing constitutional reform in post-Ben Ali Tunisia.[1][2][3][4]

Ziad al-Doulatli, spokesman for the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, an Islamist group, voiced criticism of Ben Achour saying that he was "known for his Francophone and secular leanings and his hostility towards religion."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Francis Ghilès (2011-01-21). "Democracy in Tunisia could rewrite the history of the Mediterranean". Centre d'Estudis I Documentacio Internacionals a Barcelona. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. ↑ "Un gouvernement d’union nationale est en place en Tunisie". Le Devoir. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Higher Political Reform Commission’s keenness to lend receptive ear to all social components". Tunisia Online News. 2011-01-29.
  4. ↑ "En Tunisie, le nouvel exécutif prépare les élections". LeMonde.fr. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  5. ↑ "راشد الغنوشي زعيم حركة النهضة يعود إلى تونس اليوم بعد 20 عاما في المنفى". Asharq Al-Awsat. 2011-01-30.
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