Mustapha Filali

مصطفى الفيلالي (Known as "Mustapha Filali")

First Minister of Agriculture of Independent Tunisia, UGTT Thinker, Educator

Born Jul 05, 1921

Nasrallah (Kairouan), Tunisia

Passed Away Jan 20, 2019 Tunis, Tunisia

Lifespan 97 years old

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"Venerated patriot and moral arbiter of the Republic."

Archival Overview

Key independence leader and first Minister of Agriculture who enacted agrarian land recovery from colonial settlers and remained an esteemed moral conscience of Tunisian democracy.

Biographical Record

Mustapha Filali was educated in literature and philosophy in Paris, returning to play a decisive role in the UGTT and Neo-Destour leadership. In 1956, Bourguiba named him Tunisia's first Minister of Agriculture.

In this post, Filali oversaw the liquidation of the colonial habous system and laid the groundwork for recovering fertile agricultural land from French colons. Highly respected across the political spectrum, he was repeatedly nominated as prime minister of consensus during the 2013 National Dialogue.

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Final Resting Place

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Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.7869, 10.1839                    

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