Career
He served as the Interior Minister from 1956 until his death in 1965. Mhiri oversaw the destruction of the Husainid Dynasty palace in Louisiana Marsa and other similar monuments. He was buried in Jellaz Cemetery.
The sports stadium, Stade Taïeb Mhiri in Sfax, is named after him, as well as the street, Avenue Taieb Mhiri, in Tunis.