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Hédi Amara Nouira

Prime Minister of Tunisia (1970–1980)

الهادي نويرة

Prime Minister of TunisiaIn office
2 November 1970 – 23 April 1980PresidentHabib BourguibaPreceded byBahi LadghamSucceeded byMohamed Mzali Personal detailsBorn5 April 1911
Monastir, TunisiaDied25 January 1993(1993-01-25) (aged 81)
La Marsa, TunisiaSpouseAssia Ben Hmida

Hédi Amara Nouira (5 April 1911 – 25 January 1993) was a Tunisian politician. He served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Tunisia between 1970 and 1980.

Biography

Hédi Nouira was appointed as the governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia in 1958.^[1] Following the failure of a short-lived Socialist experiment in the 1960s, Nouira liberalised the economy during the 1970s. In 1970, the then Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Nouira was appointed Prime Minister. The most decisive factor in Nouira's appointment seemed to be his commitment to private initiative as well as his financier's background.

He retired from politics in 1980 after suffering a stroke. Nouira died on January 25, 1993, after suffering from an illness that local media did not want to disclose.^[2]

References

^ "List of presidents of the Central Bank of Tunisia" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Hedi Nouira Is Dead; The Former Premier Of Tunisia Was 81". The New York Times. 27 January 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 July 2017.