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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10TUNIS15 |
TUNISIAN PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (C) Fouad M'Bazaa, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies, told the Ambassador January 8 that the Chamber will establish a new Tunisia-U.S. Caucus, probably in February. They discussed the evolution of the Parliament from a one party to a multi-party body over M'Bazaa's 12 year tenure an [...] |
2010-01-11 17:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS152 |
TUNISIA-CHINA RELATIONS MODEST, BUT TRADE TIES [...] (C) Chinese engagement in Tunisia is broad but not deep. Chinese assistance to Tunisia includes infrastructure projects and some training grants. The commercial relationship is growing but is not yet large. The last high level meeting we know of took place in November, 2009 when Zhai Jun, C [...] |
2010-02-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MASS TS CN |
| 10TUNIS18 |
FY 2010 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS: TUNISIA PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Tunisia is at a crossroads on biotechnology policy. Tunisian policymakers are aware of the potential for biotechnology to address chronic problems such as crop disease, weeds, and irregularity of rainfall. A draft law currently under consideration would establish a legal framework for th [...] |
2010-01-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO TS |
| 10TUNIS20 |
AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BIZERTE: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on an American auto components manufacturing plant, the president of a government-run business park, and business leaders in Bizerte on January 12. The discussions centered on the effects of the economic crisis, the state of foreign investment, and pe [...] |
2010-01-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
| 10TUNIS22 |
NOBEL LAUREATE JOSEPH STIGLITZ OFFERS GRIM [...] (SBU) During a visit hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), 2001 Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz gave a speech and met with Tunisian policymakers. He offered a pessimistic view of the prospects for global economic recovery in 2010 and suggested that the global recession may last throug [...] |
2010-01-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN XA TS |
| 10TUNIS23 |
ONE U.S. COMPANY'S INVESTMENT SHEDS LIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Vistaprint, an American graphic design and printing company, inaugurated its offices in Tunis on January 13. Its investment is a textbook example of the kind of investment the GOT is seeking to target: a value-added, job-creating enterprise which can transfer technology and know-how to [...] |
2010-01-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
| 10TUNIS25 |
TFHA01: GOT CONCERNED BY MISSING SRSG ANNABI, BEN [...] (SBU) During a January 14 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officers Mourad Belhassan and Hatem Landoulsi advised pol-econoffs that the GOT was deeply concerned for the welfare of Hedi Annabi, the distinguished Tunisian Diplomat serving as the Special Representative of the Sec [...] |
2010-01-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO TU |
| 10TUNIS26 |
APPOINTMENT OF NEW TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAY [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of January 14, TAP, the official Tunisian press agency, announced the long-awaited shuffle of President Ben Ali's cabinet. The most significant appointment is that of Kamel Morjane, previously the Defense Minister, to the post of Foreign Minister. Oussama Romdha [...] |
2010-01-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
| 10TUNIS33 |
TUNISIA: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TS |
| 10TUNIS34 |
BEN ALI'S JANUARY 14 CABINET SHUFFLE IS A NOD TO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The main feature of President Ben Ali's January 14 shuffle of his cabinet is continuity, combined with an apparent intent to recalibrate (to what extent remains unclear) Tunisia's relationship with [...] |
2010-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR TU |
| 10TUNIS35 |
CAIRO SPEECH IMPLEMENTATION: EMBASSY TUNIS UPDATE [...] (C) Tunisia is on track to send five participants to the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, and Embassy Tunis will participate in additional entrepreneurship-related events in the lead-up to the Summit. Embassy Tunis looks forward to the planned March visit of Science Envoy Dr. Elias Ze [...] |
2010-01-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON KPAO PREL SOCI TSPL TS |
| 10TUNIS36 |
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR NEW TUNISIAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) This cable contains biographic highlights for the Ministers named in President Ben Ali's January 14 Cabinet shuffle. Out of 27 total cabinet ministers, there are six new names and six have been rotated from one cabinet position to another. Eight ministers were dismissed from the Cabinet. [...] |
2010-01-15 17:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR TS |
| 10TUNIS37 |
TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS |
| 10TUNIS40 |
MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ON OPEN SKIES, MARITIME [...] (SBU) In a January 19 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Abderrahim Zouari confirmed Tunisia's willingness to negotiate an Open Skies Agreement, proposed signing a bilateral maritime cooperation agreement, and agreed in principle to host a port visit by the U.S. Coast [...] |
2010-01-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
| 10TUNIS43 |
TUNISIA: AMBASSADOR PUSHES CARTHAGE ON SCIENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPL TS |
| 10TUNIS44 |
TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU HA |
| 10TUNIS45 |
TFHA01: TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TU HA |
| 10TUNIS46 |
TFHA01: TUNISIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tunisian coverage of the Haitian earthquake and ensuing humanitarian crisis has been limited and essentially moderate in tone, with some coverage of international criticism of the U.S. government's response to the ongoing situation in Haiti. The Ambassador paid a call on the wel [...] |
2010-01-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA TU |
| 10TUNIS51 |
REVISED TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS |
| 10TUNIS53 |
SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON INTERNET FREEDOMS PROVOKES LIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's January 22 speech on Internet freedom was well-regarded by Tunisian contacts, though it did not receive any coverage in the official press, given government oversight and censorship of Tunisian media. Discussions following Embassy-sponsored speech viewing pa [...] |
2010-01-22 17:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP TS |
| 10TUNIS54 |
TUNISIAN OFFICIALS APPARENTLY FLEXIBLE ON FULBRIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-appointed Minister of Higher Education and the Secretary of State for the Americas told NEA DAS Wittes (in separate meetings on January 21) that the GOT views the Fulbright program as being extremely important to Tunisia's development. We noted an apparent new willin [...] |
2010-01-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OEXC SCUL TS |
| 10TUNIS55 |
SENIOR TUNISIANS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In January 21 meetings with the Minister of Communications, the Minister of Higher Education, and a senior MFA official, NEA DAS Wittes underlined the USG's interest in stepping up bilateral collaboration on science and technology, previewing the prospective March visit of Scie [...] |
2010-01-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TSPL TS |
| 10TUNIS57 |
TUNISIA PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS [...] (U) Tunisia's economy is largely focused on trade with Europe, with U.S. exports at only $502 million in 2008 (8th after France, Italy, and Libya). Tunisian businesspeople, trade organizations, and chambers of commerce often cite lack of information about how to invest and trade with the Unite [...] |
2010-01-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO |
| 10TUNIS58 |
FOREIGN MINISTER MORJANE TO HEAD TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC XA TS |
| 10TUNIS60 |
AFRICOM DEPUTY MEETS NEW TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Africa Command,s Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Activities (DCMA), Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, met new Tunisian Minister of National Defense Ridha Grira on January 21, one week after the latter,s appointment. The new minister was friendly and emphasized the [...] |
2010-01-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS61 |
DAS WITTES RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: In (separate) January 21 meetings with Communications Minister Romdhani and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Saida Chtoui, visiting NEA DAS Tamara Wittes cautioned that Washington remained focused on Tunisia's human rights record, and particularly the GOT's recent c [...] |
2010-01-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS64 |
TFHA01: TUNISIA ANNOUNCES ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 12:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL TS HA |
| 10TUNIS66 |
SENIOR TUNISIAN OFFICIALS ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In a January 26 courtesy call on Abdelhafidh El Herguem, Secretary of State for Arab and African Affairs at the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador highlighted the USG's sustained efforts to revive Middle East peace talks. El Herguem said that Tunisia was closely followin [...] |
2010-01-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ TS |
| 10TUNIS69 |
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, visited Tunisia January 22-26, the first such visit since 1999. At the conclusion of his visit, he told the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats that he had r [...] |
2010-01-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS71 |
TUNISIA: LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN RULING PARTY, [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) announced a new line-up for its politburo, switching out its female member and expanding its membership from nine to ten to make room for Kamel Morjane, recently appointed Foreign Minister. Meanwhile, a senior Inter [...] |
2010-01-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TS |
| 10TUNIS74 |
TUNISIA WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C) On January 29, the Ambassador raised the Copenhagen Accord with Minister of Environment Nadhir Hamada, reiterating the request made on January 15 (ref A) for Tunisia to associate itself with the Accord. Hamada replied that due to Tunisia's desire to coordinate its response with other coun [...] |
2010-01-29 17:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS8 |
TUNISIA'S ACTING MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS SUGGESTS "FRANK AND UNINHIBITED DISCUSSIONS" TO IMPROVE THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Acting Minister of Communications Oussama Romdhani told the Ambassador on January 5 that although the U.S. and Tunisia have had a strong bilateral relationship for a long time, it had become "more uneven over the last decade." Romdhani, who served for nearly fifteen years at the Tunisian E [...] |
2010-01-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUMHUPPS KDEM TSPL TS PHUM |
| 10TUNIS81 |
TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] |
2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS82 |
TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] |
2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS83 |
TUNISIAN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY ON [...] (SBU) On January 28, the Ambassador called on Minister of Industry and Technology Mohamed Afif Chelbi, the minister also in charge of energy and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Chelbi was enthusiastic about the forthcoming memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Small Business [...] |
2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS |
| 10TUNIS84 |
CODEL LYNCH ENGAGES TUNISIAN MFA ON INTERNET [...] (C) A congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and including Representatives Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Betty Sutton (D-OH), Bob Inglis (R-SC), and Todd Platts (D-PA) visited Tunisia January 31 - February 2. In a February 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretar [...] |
2010-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MASS KTFN TS |
| 10TUNIS85 |
POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM THE GOT REPRESENT [...] (C) In the past six weeks, the Tunisian government has been signalling, with some consistency, that it would like to warm and energize its relationship with the U.S. A series of USG visitors, including, most recently, NEA DASes Sanderson and Wittes, Deputy AFRICOM Commander Holmes, and CODEL L [...] |
2010-02-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SENV KWMN TS |
| 10TUNIS87 |
TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) The GOT has displaced a critic from his position as head of Tunisia's leading private university, a move perceived as retaliation for his recent book accusing the Ben Ali government and the First Lady's family of corruption and abuse of power. On January 30, a court rejected the appeal o [...] |
2010-02-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
| 10TUNIS9 |
BULGARIAN INTEREST IN THE SITUATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Bulgarian Ambassador to Tunisia Doykov called on the U.S. Ambassador on January 6 to discuss the situation in Yemen. Drawing on the helpful points provided by NEA, Ambassador Gray briefed his Bulgarian counterpart on our assessment of the situation there and on possible next steps. The B [...] |
2010-01-07 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE BU TS |
| 10TUNIS93 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: TUNISIA AND THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL TS |
| 10TUNIS97 |
TUNISIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR REPORT [...] (SBU) In 2009, there were no significant changes in the Government of Tunisia's efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor. The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2008 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. UNICEF's [...] |
2010-02-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TS |
| 10TUNIS98 |
TUNISIA: MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT OPEN TO [...] (C) In a January 29 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Nadhir Hamada discussed science and technology (S&T) cooperation, the United Nations Climate Change Conference and the Copenhagen Accord, as well as the upcoming visit of Science Envoy Dr. [...] |
2010-02-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL KGHG TS |
| 87TUNIS11327 |
REACTION TO AND BACKGROUND ON TUNISIA'S NEW [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ----------------------- ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI ----------------------- 2. LOCAL AND FOREIGN REACTION TO ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI'S APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER IS GENERALLY POSITIVE. AT HOME, HE IS RESPECTED AS A COMPETENT HARD-WORKER SOMEWHAT ALOOF FROM T [...] |
1987-10-07 08:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR |
| 87TUNIS11489 |
BEN ALI AS PRIME MINISTER: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. BOURGUIBA'S ABRUPT DISMISSAL OF SFAR AND ELEVATION OF INTERIOR MINISTER BEN ALI AGAIN DEMONSTRATES PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA'S PERSONAL CONTROL OF POWER IN TUNISIA. BEN ALI'S APPOINTMENT PUTS A STRONG MAN IN THE PRIME MINISTRY AND A HEARTBE [...] |
1987-10-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PREL TS |
| 88TUNIS11598 |
TUNISIA CELEBRATES 7 NOVEMBER; ELECTIONS [...] C O N F I D E N T I A L- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. TUNISIA CELEBRATED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT LAST 7 NOVEMBER WITH FESTIVITIES AND CEREMONIES. TUNISIANS RESPONDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY. IN AN ADDRESS TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BEN ALI ANNOUNCED TH [...] |
1988-11-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB PREL TS |
| 88TUNIS12749 |
(U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...] |
1988-12-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | KSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS |
| 88TUNIS5278 |
RAMADAN IN TUNISIA: OBSERVANCE AND [...] C O N F I D E N T I A L -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN ITS FIRST RAMADAN SINCE COMING TO POWER LAST FALL, THE NEW GOVERNMENT HAS BROKEN WITH THE SECULARISM OF THE PREVIOUS REGIME AND ACTIVELY PROMOTED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. IN DOING SO, HOWEVER, IT HAS ENCOURAGED TOLERA [...] |
1988-05-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TS |
| 95TUNIS139 |
BEN ALI LETTER TO CLINTON [...] IN A JANUARY 9 MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR AMERICAS AFFAIRS AHMED OUNIAES, POLCOUNS WAS GIVEN A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BEN ALI TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. THE TUNISIAN ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS. THE ORIGINAL TEXT (ARABIC AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION) WILL BE FORWARDED VIA POUCH TO NEA/MAG. [...] |
1995-01-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG ECON TS |
| 95TUNIS1953 |
FORMER PRESIDENT BOURGUIBA REPORTEDLY STILL [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER MINISTER OF STATE MOHAMED SAYAH TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 28 THAT EX-PRESIDENT HABIB BOURGUIBA APPEARED WELL AND IN GOOD SPIRITS WHEN SAYAH VISITED HIM IN MONASTIR LAST WEEK. SAYAH SAID HIS LATEST MEETING WITH BOURGUIBA WAS THE SIXTH TIME THAT THE GOT HA [...] |
1995-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TS |
| 97TUNIS5237 |
TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION OF [...] SUMMARY. THIS CABLE CONTAINS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NINE INDIVIDUALS TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI APPOINTED TO GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ON OCTOBER 9, 1997 (REFTEL). THEY ARE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID BEN MUSTAPHA, INTERIOR MINISTER ALI CHAOUCH, AGRICULTURE MINISTER SADOK RABEH, EDU [...] |
1997-10-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV TS |
| 98TUNIS933 |
PEACE CORPS: VIEWS OF AMBASSADORS: TUNIS RESPONSE [...] PEACE CORPS? WE LOVED THEM--AND TUNISIA LOVED THEM--FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THE 2,382 AMERICANS AND THEIR THOUSANDS OF TUNISIAN COUNTERPARTS MADE DURING THE 34 YEARS OF THEIR COMMON ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION. TUNISIA HAS ATTAINED A LEVEL OF DEVE [...] |
1998-02-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID PREL TS |
| 99TUNIS2120 |
BEN ALI SUCCESSION [...] (S) IMMEDIATE SUCCESSI0N ISSUES ARE LESS 0F A C0NCERN IN TUNISIA THAN S0ME 0THER C0UNTRIES IN THE REGI0N. GIVEN HIS R0BUST HEALTH, THE 62-YEAR-0LD BEN ALI IS EXPECTED ALC (##)F0URTH TERM OF OFFICE UNTIL WELL INT0 HIS THIRD. IN THE CASE 0F THE DEATH 0R INCAPACITATI0N 0F BEN ALI, THE C0NSTITU [...] |
1999-05-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PREL TS |
| 99TUNIS305 |
TOUR D'HORIZ0N WITH GOT PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. 0N JANUARY 22, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH T0LD AMBASSAD0R RAPHEL THE GOT H0PED TO USE PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S UPCOMING VISIT T0 WASHINGTON T0 PR0MOTE TUNISIA'S IMAGE AS A T0LERANT, OPEN ISLAMIC C0UNTRY AND MODERATE, C0NSTRUCTIVE ACTOR ON SUCH REGI0NAL ISSUES AS THE MID [...] |
1999-01-25 17:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TS |
| 99TUNIS5042 |
TUNISIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE: SOME FAMILIAR FACES, [...] AN EMBASSY CONTACT IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED ON 11/17 RUMORS AND PARTIAL RADIO REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT BEN ALI HAS MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN HIS GOVERNMENT: -- PRIME MINISTER: MOHAMED GHANNOUCHI, FORMER MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT (REPLAC [...] |
1999-11-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TS |
| 99TUNIS5510 |
PUBLISHED BIOGRAPHIES OF TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT [...] FOLLOWING ARE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT AND OFFICIALS WHO WERE ALREADY IN THE GOVERNMENT BUT MOVED TO A NEW POSITION. ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING IS REPORTED REFTEL. 2. NEW MEMBERS OF THE CABINET: --BECHIR TEKKARI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE. B [...] |
1999-12-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL TS |