Background
Abderazzak Kilani was born on June 25, 1954 in Tunis.
Abderazzak Kilani was born on June 25, 1954 in Tunis.
University of Grenoble. University of Lyon.
In 2010 and during the Tunisian Revolution, he was the chairman of the National Bar of s In 2012, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Since 2013, he has been Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations. His primary and secondary education was spent in Tunis, he subsequently moved to France to continue his university studies in Grenoble and Lyon from 1973 until 1979.
Kilani got a master"s degree from Grenoble University in private and judicial law in 1978, he received his graduate certificate specializing in insurance from the University of Lyon in 1979.
He was known for his human rights activism nationally and internationally when he was elected Deputy President of the Tunisian Association of Young s for a term between 1988 and 1989, he subsequently became the organization’s President between 1990 and 1991. He was also a coordinator of the Defense Committee for Mohamed Abbou.
As a law professor, over a six-year period he gave more than 400 law lectures on different cases in Tunisian Law. As a lawyer he was also very involved in Tunisian sports.
He played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis between 1967 and 1973.
In 2010 and during the Tunisian Revolution, he was the chairman of the National Bar of s after a democratic election. On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister for Relations With the Constituent Assembly. Since 2013, he is the permanent Ambassador of Tunisia to the United Nations at Geneva.
He was a member of the National Committee for the Promotion of Human Rights. He was a former member of the Tunisian Confederation of Tennis, and a member of the administration of the Espérance Sportive de Tunis football team