Ministry of Defence (Tunisia)

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Formed 1957 Headquarters Tunis, Tunisia		Jurisdiction Government of Tunisia Website www.defense.tn

Agency executive Farhat Horchani, Minister of National Defence

The Ministry of National Defence (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني‎‎) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Tunisia, responsible for coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the Tunisian Armed Forces. The current minister is Farhat Horchani since 2015.

List of ministers

This is a list of defence ministers of Tunisia.

1956–1957: Habib Bourguiba

1957–1966: Bahi Ladgham

1966–1968: Ahmed Mestiri

1968: Bahi Ladgham

1968–1969: Mohammed Mzali

1969–1970: Beji Caid Essebsi

1970–1971: Hassib Ben Ammar

1971–1972: Béchir M'hedhbi

1972–1974: Abdallah Farhat

1974–1976: Hédi Khefacha

1976–1979: Abdallah Farhat

1979–1980: Rachid Sfar

1980–1988: Slaheddine Baly

1988–1991: Abdallah Kallel

1991: Habib Boularès

1991–1996: Abdelaziz Ben Dhia

1996–1997: Abdallah Kallel

1997–1999: Habib Ben Yahia

1999–2001: Mohamed Jegham

2001–2004: Dali Jazi

2004–2005: Hédi M'henni

2005–2010: Kamel Morjane

2010–2011: Ridha Grira

2011–2013: Abdelkarim Zbidi

2013–2014: Rachid Sabbagh

2014–2015: Ghazi Jeribi

2015–present: Farhat Horchani

References

Ministry of Defence (Tunisia) Wikipedia

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