Background
Gherab, Mohamed Habib was born on May 8, 1926 in Tunis, Tunisia. Son of Tijani and Hanifa C. (Gorgi) Gherab.
Gherab, Mohamed Habib was born on May 8, 1926 in Tunis, Tunisia. Son of Tijani and Hanifa C. (Gorgi) Gherab.
Ambassador Gherab was educated at the College Sadiki in Tunis and is a graduate of the Faculte de Droit de Paris.
Lawyer Court of Appeal of Tunis, since 1955. Charge de mission Cabinet of Minister of Interior, Tunis, 1956—1957. Chef de cabinet, 1957—1962.
Governor, director regional & communal administration and chef de cabinet, 1962—1965. Tunisian ambassador to Spain, Madrid, 1965—1967. Special advisor Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tunis, 1967—1969.
Assistant secretary-general, director Personnel of United Nations, New York City, 1969—1979. Under secretary-general United Nations, 1979. Sec.gen. United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, 1979—1981.
Tunisian ambassador to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, since 1981. Secretary-general Neo-Destour Party Federation France, Paris, 1953—1955. Member Central Committee, Destourian Socialist Party at Congress, Bizerte, 1964, Tunisian Delaware to 23d session United Nations General Assembly, 1968.
After joining the Neo-Destour Party as a young militant for the independence of Tunisia he became in 1955 a member of the cabinet of Mongi Slim, the Interior Minister in the government of Prime Minister Tahar Ben Ammar as it negotiated the process that led to the effective independence of Tunisia on 20 March 1956, and later became the only chief of staff to Taieb Mehiri, the first Interior Minister of independent Tunisia during his entire tenure from 1956 until 1965.
Married Fawzia Ladjimi Gherab, June 22, 1958. Children: Habib, Fawzi, Nouha.