Abdelwaheb Maatar is a Tunisian politician. He serves as the Minister of Training and Employment under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.
Biography
Early life
Abdelwaheb Maatar was born on March 23, 1952, in Sfax. He received a diploma in Management from the National School of Administration in Tunis and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Tunis.
Career
He is a lawyer and a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Tunis.
Politics
He was involved with the Democratic Modernist Pole until he became a founding member of the Congress for the Republic (CPR) political party. He exposed the corruption of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and tried to challenge his re-election in 2004. He serves as Vice-President of the International Association for the Support of Political Prisoners, and he is a founding member of the Tunisian Judicial Independence Center. He is also a fellow of the International Council on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Training and Employment. He has been accused of nepotism.
Private life
He is married, and has three children.
References
- CIA World Leaders Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sana Ajmi, Abdelwaheb Matar Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Tunisia Live, 19 December 2011
- ^ Business News
- A. Maâtar : «La majorité des ministres a placé ses proches et amis dans les ministères », Business News, 31/01/2012