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Meet Tunisia’s new Jewish tourism minister

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Published: 9 November 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Businessman Roni Trabelsi is the second Jew to serve as minister in the predominantly Muslim country

TUNISIAN PRIME MINISTER Youssef Chahed announced 13 new appointments in his Cabinet on Monday, including several ministers. The new tourism minister is Roni Trabelsi, a Jewish man who reportedly lives in France but also holds Tunisian citizenship.

Trabelsi is a prominent and successful businessman in Tunisia, dealing mostly with tourism. He owns the Royal First Travel agency. Trabelsi, whose father Peres Trabelsi is one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Tunisia, will be the second ever Jewish minister in the predominantly Muslim country.

The Jewish community in the country used to number in the hundreds of thousands, but according to the Associated Press there are only about 1,200 Jews left there now.

 FULL STORY Tunisia's new Jewish tourism minister (Ynet)

Photo: Roni Trabelsi (left) with friends (Ynet)

 

 

 

 
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