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M'hamed Djellouli

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M'hamed Djellouli
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office
18 February 1907 – June 1908
MonarchMuhammad V
Preceded byMohammed Aziz Bouattour
Succeeded byYoussef Djaït
Minister of the Pen
In office
October 1882 – February 1907
MonarchsMuhammad III
Ali III
Muhammad IV
Muhammad V
Preceded byMohammed Aziz Bouattour
Succeeded byYoussef Djaït
Personal details
BornFebruary 1834
Tunis, Beylik of Tunis
DiedJune 1908 (aged 72)
Tunis, French Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
Spouse(s)Lalla Fatma Ben Ayed
Lalla Mannana Louzir
ResidenceDar Djellouli

M'hamed Djellouli (Arabic: امحمد الجلولي; born February 1834 in Tunis and died in June 1908) was a Tunisian politician who served as Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1907 until his death in 1908.

Biography

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He was born into a Makhzen family from Sfax.His grandfather Mahmoud Djellouli fixed in Tunis after buying an important house Dar Djellouli of Rejeb Khaznadar and his wife Fatma Bey. He began his career in 1872 as an official in the Methelith tribe. In 1874, he was appointed vice president of the Capital's City Council, while also leading Djerba and Methelith starting in 1875, when he became a brigadier general. In 1876, he became responsible for reviewing any cases between subjects of the Bey of Tunis and European nationals.[1]

In 1880, he became governor of Kef Wanifa and Agha Odjak and caïd of Sfax and South Agha Odjak after the expulsion of his predecessor and uncle, Hassouna Djellouli. In 1890, he was replaced in Sfax by his nephew, Sadok Djellouli.[2]

After proving his loyalty to France, he was appointed in 1881 by the French authorities to succeed Mohammed Aziz Bouattour as Minister of the Pen and Minister of Justice for the first government of the French Protectorate of Tunisia. In April 1887, he received a palace in Medina of Tunis on the rue du Riche (named in honor of his grandfather Mahmoud Djellouli) from Jules Ferry during his visit. Serving from 1882 to 1906, he succeeded Bouattour as grand vizier from 1907 to his death in June 1908. He is among the ministers buried in the Tourbet el Bey mausoleum located in the Medina of Tunis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, Society's categories of the Capital of Tunisia in the second half of the XIXth century, ed. National Institute of Archaeology and Art, Tunis, 1989, pp. 195–197)
  2. ^ Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour,Company's categories of the Capital of Tunisia in the second half of the XIXth century, ed. National Institute of Archaeology and Art, Tunis, 1989, pp. 195–197)
  3. ^ http://www.lapresse.tn/28082010/11489/promenade[permanent dead link] -within-peat Tunis Adel Latrech, "Walk in the peat Tunis", La Presse de Tunisie, 28 August 2010)).