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

Majdouline Cheri

Cherni was born on 21 February 1981 in Menzel Bourguiba in the Bizerte Governorate.[1] She studied architecture in El Kef.[2]

Career

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 "DOSSIERSBiographie de Majdouline Cherni, ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports". Business News (in French). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Tunisie: Qui est Majdouline Cherni, SE chargée du Dossier des martyrs?". salon-medibat (in French). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Gamha, Eymen (5 October 2011). "The Candidates: Heads of Lists by Party and District". Tunisia Live. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Composition officielle du nouveau gouvernement Essid". Business News (in French). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Officiel : Composition du gouvernement d'union nationale". Business News (in French). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Minister calls Tunisia's youth to have for greater confidence in the state". Donia al-watan. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Siebert, Leo (22 December 2016). "Notes from the Ground: Tunisia's National Youth Dialogue". Democracy Speaks. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Photoshop fail after Tunisian minister shows too much leg". Observers. France 24. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Remaniement ministériel en Tunisie : La liste des concernés". Hespress Français (in French). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "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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