Mahmoud El Materi

محمود الماطري (Known as "Dr. El Materi")

First President of the Neo-Destour Party, Physician, Minister of Health

Born Dec 05, 1897

Tunis, Tunisia

Passed Away Dec 13, 1972 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan 75 years old

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"A physician cannot heal his patients while the society that surrounds them remains infected by injustice."

Archival Overview

Pioneering medical doctor from the Faculty of Medicine in Paris who co-founded and served as first president of the Neo-Destour Party alongside Bourguiba in 1934, later serving as Minister of Health.

Biographical Record

Graduating in medicine from Paris in 1926, Dr. Mahmoud El Materi returned to Tunis to open an open-door clinic in the popular Bab Souika quarter, treating impoverished workers and striking trade unionists for free. In March 1934 at Ksar Hellal, he was elected the first president of the newly formed Neo-Destour Party.

Arrested and exiled to southern desert camps by colonial authorities for organizing the mass demonstrations of April 1938, his ethical integrity made him a trusted statesman. Following independence, he built regional hospitals and tuberculosis dispensaries as Minister of Health.

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Final Resting Place

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Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.7833, 10.1833                    

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