Ahmed Ibrahim (Tunisian politician)
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Ahmed Ibrahim; born 19 June 1947), also known as Ahmed Brahim, is a Tunisia
n politician. He is the First Secretary of Ettajdid Movement and the leader of the Democratic Modernist Pole
. He was the party's candidate for President of Tunisia
in the 2009 presidential election
. A linguist by profession, he is a retired professor of French at the University of Tunis; his area of study was comparative linguistics
.
[laicist] state" not connected with Islamists. According to Ibrahim, this would require "radical" reform of the electoral system, which would improve the political climate in guaranteeing freedom of assembly and a large scale independent press, as well as repealing a law that regulated public discourse of electoral candidates.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n politician. He is the First Secretary of Ettajdid Movement and the leader of the Democratic Modernist Pole
Democratic Modernist Pole
Democratic Modernist Pole is a Tunisian political coalition created for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election of 23 October 2011. The "Pole" consists of four parties and five citizen initiatives, the largest of which is the Ettajdid Movement. However, a October 18 report by Bloomberg.com...
. He was the party's candidate for President of Tunisia
President of Tunisia
The President of Tunisia, formally known as the President of the Tunisian Republic is the head of state of Tunisia. Tunisia is a presidential republic in which the president is the head of the executive branch of government with the assistance of the Prime Minister of Tunisia, formally the head of...
in the 2009 presidential election
Tunisian general election, 2009
Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Tunisia on 25 October 2009. Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who won the reelection for a fifth five-year term, and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally...
. A linguist by profession, he is a retired professor of French at the University of Tunis; his area of study was comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness....
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Tunisian Revolution
After the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, he was appointed by the new government as the Minister of Higher Education and left the post on 7 March.Political positions
Ibrahim is in favor of the emergence of a "democratic modern and secularLaïcité
French secularism, in French, laïcité is a concept denoting the absence of religious involvement in government affairs as well as absence of government involvement in religious affairs. French secularism has a long history but the current regime is based on the 1905 French law on the Separation of...
[laicist] state" not connected with Islamists. According to Ibrahim, this would require "radical" reform of the electoral system, which would improve the political climate in guaranteeing freedom of assembly and a large scale independent press, as well as repealing a law that regulated public discourse of electoral candidates.