Bahri Guiga

البحري قيقة (Known as "Bahri Guiga")

Co-founder of Neo-Destour, Jurist, Secretary General of the Party

Born Mar 04, 1904

Testour, Tunisia

Passed Away Sep 02, 1995 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan 91 years old

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"Pillar of jurisprudence and founding architect of modern Tunisian statehood."

Archival Overview

Eminent jurist and co-founder of the Neo-Destour party at the 1934 Ksar Hellal Congress who served as its treasurer and secretary-general, defending nationalist detainees in military tribunals.

Biographical Record

Bahri Guiga earned his doctorate in law in Paris with a pioneering thesis on the evolution of international protectorates. Alongside Bourguiba and Tahar Sfar, he established the newspaper L'Action Tunisienne and co-founded the Neo-Destour party in 1934.

He served as the party's treasurer and legal counsel, frequently pleading before colonial courts to defend imprisoned militants. He later participated in the negotiations leading to internal autonomy and served on the drafting committee of the 1959 constitution.

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Testour Municipal Cemetery
Testour, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.5528, 9.4444                    

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