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| محمد براهمي | |
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| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 22 November 2011 – 25 July 2013 | |
| Leader of the People's Movement | |
| In office 8 March 2011 – 25 July 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-05-15)15 May 1955 Sidi Bouzid, Sidi Bouzid Governorate, Tunisia |
| Died | 25 July 2013(2013-07-25) (aged 58) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Political party | Popular Front |
| Alma mater | Tunis University |
Mohamed Brahmi (Template:Lang-ar; 15 May 1955 - 25 July 2013), was a Tunisian politician. Brahmi was the founder and leader of the People's Movement, which under his leadership won two seats in the Tunisian Constituent elections in 2011.
Early life and career
Brahmi was born on 15 May 1955 in Sidi Bouzid, capital of the Sidi Bouzid Governorate. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Management at Tunis University with a Master's Degree in accounting in 1982. Following his graduation he taught as a professor of economics and management for two years at the Technical College of Menzel Bourguiba.
He later worked in the Office of Irrigation, and then in real estate from 1985 to 1993. He found consultancy work as an auditor for the Technical Cooperation Agency in Saudi Arabia. From 2004 he worked as the manager of a real estate business specializing in residential properties.
Politics
Brahmi was an active member of the Arab Progressive Unionist Students until 2005, at which point he left and founded the Nasserist Unionist Movement; an illegal party under the Ben Ali government. After the Tunisian revolution he founded the People's Movement and became the general secretary of the group. The party later joined the Popular Front on 13 April 2013. However, Brahmi and other members of the movement left the front on 7 July due to criticisms of the movements' central and regional leaders over cooperation with the front.
Brahmi was known for his socialist and Arab nationalist beliefs. He was a practicing Muslim. Although a member of the anti-Islamist Popular Front, he did not have a reputation for being especially critical of Islamists, and in fact had many friends in the ruling Islamist Ennahda Movement.
Death
Brahmi was shot on 25 July 2013 in Tunis in front of his wife and children by two men on a motorcycle. He was shot 11 times and died later that day in a hospital in Aryanah. Following his death, hundreds of his supporters, including relatives and party members of Brahmi, demonstrated in front of the Interior Ministry building, and blamed the incumbent Islamist Party and their followers for the assassination. His death marked the second political assassination of an opposition leader in Tunisia in 2013; Chokri Belaid, killed on 6 February, was a politician of the same leftist party coalition as Brahmi. Both were allegedly shot by the same gun.
References
- ^ Salma Bouzid (25 July 2013). "Who's Who: Mohamed Brahmi". Tunisia Live. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Tunisian Speaker spurns opposition calls for parliament dissolution". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- "Tunisia: 'Echaab' Movement Joins Popular Front". Tunis Afrique Presse. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- "Tunisia Brahmi killing: 'Same gun used' in Belaid murder". BBC News. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- "Tunisian politician Mohamed Brahmi assassinated". BBC News. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- Gall, Carlotta (26 July 2013). "Second Opposition Leader Assassinated in Tunisia". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- "Tunisian opposition leader Mohammed Brahmi shot dead". CBS News. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- "Killing of Tunisian Opposition Figure Sets Off Protests". The New York Times. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- "Tunisia opposition figures 'shot by same gun'". Al Jazeera English. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.