Background
DRISS, Rachid was born on January 27, 1917 in Tunis.
DRISS, Rachid was born on January 27, 1917 in Tunis.
Sadiki School, Tunisia, Baccalauréat. Centre d’Etudes Economiques, Tunis. Spoken languages: Arabic, French, English.
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Tunisia, New York since 1970. President, Economic and Social Council, United Nations, 1971. V President, Economic and Social Council, 1970.
Ambassador the United States & Mexico, 1964-1970. Member, National Assembly of Tunisia, 1969. Member, Political Bureau of Destour Party & Council of the Republic, 1969.
Delegate, United Nations General Assembly, New York, 1965-1974. Member, Central Committee, Destour Socialist Party, 1964. Member, National Assembly & Political Bureau of Neo-Destour Party, Tunis, 1959.
Secretary of State for Posts, Telegraph & Telephones, 1957-1964. Chief, African-Asian Division, Foreign Affairs Department & Deputy, Constituent Assembly, Tunis, 1956-1957. Director, Al-Amal Party newspaper, 1955.
Representative of Neo-Destour Party, Egypt, Indonesia & Pakistan & Head, Tunisian Section(s), North African Liberation Committee, Cairo, 1946-1952. Journalist, Youth Group Organizer, Tunisia, 1938-1942.
Bureau du Maghreb Arabe. National Assembly 1958, 1969. Political Bureau of Council of the Republic since 1969.
Married Jeanine Driss in 1953.