Mohamed Salah Mzali

Mohamed Salah Mzali (11 February 1896 – 22 November 1984) was a Tunisian educator, historian and politician. He was Prime Minister of Tunisia for a brief period in 1954 under Muhammad VIII al-Amin.

Editing Mohamed Salah Mzali
Born (1896-02-11) 11 February 1896
Monastir, Tunisia
Died22 November 1984(1984-11-22) (aged 88)
NationalityTunisian
OccupationEducator, Politician
Known forPrime Minister

Mohamed Salah Mzali is a descent of the Ait Mzal clan of the Masmuda tribe of the Sous who had established the Hafsid dynasty, he is also a relative of Mohammed Mzali.[1]

Biography

For ten years, he followed a government career at the head of the ministries of Habous, Trade and Handicrafts and Industry, including the second government of Chenik in 1950. He was arrested and deported to the south of the country with the entire government during the crackdown of March 1952.

Released a year later, he was chosen by the colonial authorities to form a government in February 1954. On 2 March, he was appointed Grand Vizier. His government, although composed of competent and honest administrators, is unpopular and the target of virulent criticism for its collaboration with the French authorities; he does not have the support of Neo-Destour. The ensuing crisis led to the resignation of the Mzali government on 17 June of the same year.

In the aftermath of independence, in February 1959, Mzali was condemned for collaboration and for having thwarted resistance to the occupier during his ministry; his property is confiscated and he is stricken with national indignity. President Habib Bourguiba graces him a few years later.

Mzali is also a member of the steering committee of the Carthage Institute and the editorial board of the Tunisian Journal; he also collaborates with Al Fajr magazine, Al Majalla zeitounia, etc.

He is a laureate of the Alliance Française, the Académie des Jeux Floraux and other literary competitions.

Publications
  • L'Hérédité dans la dynastie husseinite: évolution et violations[2]
  • Au fil de ma vie: souvenirs d'un Tunisien[3]

References
  1. Mohamed Mzali, Un Premier ministre de Bourguiba témoigne, éd. Jean Picollec, Paris, 2004, p. 86
  2. L'Hérédité dans la dynastie husseinite: évolution et violations. Google Books. 1969.
  3. Au fil de ma vie: souvenirs d'un Tunisien. Google Books. 1972.
  • Charles-André Julien, Et la Tunisie devint indépendante: 1951-1957, éd. Jeune Afrique, Paris, 1985, p. 124



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