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Rached Ghannouchi is a male politician, lawyer, university teacher, and philosopher born in El Hamma in 1941. He holds citizenship in Sudan and Tunisia, having also been a citizen of the French protectorate of Tunisia. A Muslim who speaks Arabic, he is a member of the Ennahda Movement and the Ennahda Party. His professional work focuses on politics and the political aspects of Islam.
Ghannouchi has served as the Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People. He was educated at Ez-Zitouna University, Cairo University, Damascus University, and the University of Paris. He received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award. As an author, his notable works include *On Muslim Democracy* and *Public Freedoms in the Islamic State*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- On Muslim Democracy
- Public Freedoms in the Islamic State
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Key facts
- President
- Kais Saied
- Prime minister
- Youssef Chahed , Elyes Fakhfakh , Hichem Mechichi
- Preceded by
- Abdelfattah Mourou (interim)
- Succeeded by
- Ibrahim Bouderbala
- Born
- Rashad Khriji , ( 1941-06-22 ) 22 June 1941 (age 84) , El Hamma , French Tunisia
- Party
- Ennahda Movement
- Parent
- Sheikh Muhammad (father)
- Alma mater
- Cairo University , Damascus University
- Website
- www .rachedelghannouchi .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tunisia
- Place of birth
- El Hamma
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Political party
- Ennahda Movement
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- political aspects of Islam
- Official website
- fr.rachedelghannouchi.com
- Image
- Rached Ghannouchi 3.jpg
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- Rached Ghannouchi
- date of birth
- 1941-06-22
- name in native language
- راشد الغنوشي
- different from
- Mohamed Ghannouchi
- social media followers
- 189532
- P10632
- Rached Ghannouchi
- affiliation string
- Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Tunisia
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- 661183
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Encyclopedic overview
Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي, romanized: Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 22 June 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, the co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serving as its intellectual leader. He was born Rashad Khriji (راشد الخريجي).
Ghannouchi was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012 and Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers and was awarded the Chatham House Prize in 2012 (alongside Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki) by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, for "the successful compromises each achieved during Tunisia's democratic transition". In 2016, he received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for "promoting Gandhian values outside India". On 13 November 2019, Ghannouchi was elected Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People. Ghannouchi narrowly survived a vote of no confidence after 97 MPs voted against him on 30 July 2020, falling short of 109 needed to oust him as Speaker of the House.
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