Background
Slim Ben Hamidene was born on 12 May 1969 in Mai, Djerba, Tunisia.
Slim Ben Hamidene was born on 12 May 1969 in Mai, Djerba, Tunisia.
He attended the University of Sousse, where he led the chapter of the Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).
He serves as the Minister of Land and State Property under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Due to their support of Salah Ben Youssef, his family was persecuted by former President Habib Bourguiba. He was harassed by the police under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and fled Tunisia in exile.
He lives in Libya, Sudan and Lebanon, and studied Law in Beirut.
He was arrested, tortured and threatened with deportation to Tunisia by the Syrian intelligence, and left for France in 1995. He was granted political asylum in 1998.
He attended Paris Descartes University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in International Economic Law and Development and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Law. He was also appointed Deputy Director of the United Nations Forum for Democracy and Development.
On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Land and State Property.
In 2001, he became a founding member of the Congress for the Republic political party, and a member of the Executive Office of the International Organization of Tunisian Refugees.
He is also a member of the Arab Society for the Defense of Human Rights.
