Bahri Guiga

Bahri Guiga (March 4, 1904 - September 2, 1995) was a Tunisian lawyer and politician.

Bahri Guiga
البحري ڤيڤة
Personal details
Born(1904-03-04)March 4, 1904
Testour, Regency of Tunisia
DiedSeptember 2, 1995(1995-09-02) (aged 91)
CitizenshipTunisian
Political partyNeo Destour
Alma materParis Institute of Political Studies
OccupationLawyer, Politician

Biography

Originating in the Berber village of Takrouna, he studied in Lycée Carnot de Tunis along with Habib Bourguiba who was his best friend. He pursued his law studies in Paris Law School.[1] His doctoral thesis is titled as "The evolution of sharaa and its judicial enforcement in Tunisia".[2]

In 1928, he obtained his Paris Institute of Political Studies diploma, in the public finance section.

In 1932, he was one of the founders of L'Action Tunisienne newspaper alongs with Habib Bourguiba, Tahar Sfar and Mahmoud El Materi[3]

In 1934, he organized with L'Action team the Ksar Hellal Congress which ended with the creation of the Neo Destour party, on March 2, 1934. Therefore, he became treasurer in the first political office, the leadership organ of the party.[4]

From 1971 to 1979, he was a member of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).[5]

Son of Hamouda Guiga, Bahri Guiga was the nephew of the writer Abderrahman Guiga and the uncle of Tahar Guiga, author of numerous novels in Arabic and Driss Guiga, Tunisian minister of health then education and interior, who will join his lawyer cabinet.[6]

  • The founding members of the Neo Destour.
  • First Neo Destour leadership.

Footnotes and References
  1. Naura, Aline (January–March 1972). "Les socialistes de Tunisie devant la crise de 1929 et ses conséquences politiques". Le Mouvement social n°78., p. 65-93
  2. Guiga, Bahri (1930), L'évolution du charâa et son application judiciaire en Tunisie, Paris: Jouve and Cie Editions
  3. Labidi, Kamel (March 2006). "La longue descente aux enfers de la Tunisie". Le Monde diplomatique., p. 10-11]
  4. Martin, Jean-François (2003), Histoire de la Tunisie contemporaine. De Ferry à Bourguiba. 1881-1956, Paris: L'Harmattan Editions, p. 130-131
  5. "Former members of the ICJ". Archived from the original on 2006-10-08. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  6. Kefi, Ridha (April 18, 2005). "Driss Guiga". Jeune Afrique.
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