Majdouline Cherni
Majdouline Cherni (born 21 February 1981) is a Tunisian architect and politician who was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2016 to 2018.
Early life and education[edit]
Cherni was born on 21 February 1981 in Menzel Bourguiba in the Bizerte Governorate.[1] She studied architecture in El Kef.[2]
Career[edit]
Cherni worked in vocational training centres and architectural design offices before becoming chair of the Chamber of Businesswoman of Kef and appointed as a delegate to the Manouba Governorate.[2] She was a candidate for the Free Patriotic Union for Kef in the 2011 election.[3]
On 23 January 2015, Cherni was appointed Secretary of State in charge of the Dossier of the Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution in the cabinet of Habib Essid.[1][4] Her role included providing "moral and material assistance" to families.[5] On 20 August 2016, she was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Youssef Chahed.[1][6] She has been responsible for organising youth forums to seek to restore the confidence of young people in Tunisia's state institutions.[7][8] In late 2016, several photos posted on the minister's Facebook page were digitally altered to cover her knees.[9]
She was replaced as Minister of Youth and Sports by Sonia Ben Cheikh in the cabinet reshuffle of November 2018.[10]
Personal life[edit]
Cherni's brother Socrate was a lieutenant in the Tunisian National Guard who was killed in the battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun on 23 October 2013.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "DOSSIERSBiographie de Majdouline Cherni, ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports". Business News (in French). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Tunisie: Qui est Majdouline Cherni, SE chargée du Dossier des martyrs?". salon-medibat (in French). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Gamha, Eymen (5 October 2011). "The Candidates: Heads of Lists by Party and District". Tunisia Live. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Composition officielle du nouveau gouvernement Essid". Business News (in French). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Majdouline Cherni tasked by PM to attend funeral of two women fatally injured in mine explosion". Agence Tunis Afrique Presse. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Officiel : Composition du gouvernement d'union nationale". Business News (in French). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Minister calls Tunisia's youth to have for greater confidence in the state". Donia al-watan. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Siebert, Leo (22 December 2016). "Notes from the Ground: Tunisia's National Youth Dialogue". Democracy Speaks. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Photoshop fail after Tunisian minister shows too much leg". Observers. France 24. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Remaniement ministériel en Tunisie : La liste des concernés". Hespress Français (in French). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2020.[better source needed]
- ^ "Majdouline Cherni: Mon entrée au gouvernement, "une manière de réhabiliter les familles des martyrs"" (in French). Direct Info. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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