Habib Bourguiba Jr. Habib Bourguiba Jr. Habib Bourguiba Jr. () (9 April 1927 – 28 December 2009) was a Tunisian diplomat and politician. Jean Habib Bourguiba was the son of Habib Bourguiba, who became the first President of Tunisia in 1957, and of his first wife Mathilde Lorrain (later Moufida Bourguiba). He was appointed Tunisia's ambassador to France in November 1958. He later served as Tunisia's ambassador to the United States as well as Italy. In 1964, Bourguiba replaced Mongi Slim as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served in that post until 1970. He was attending King Hassan II of Morocco's birthday
Early life of Habib Bourguiba were not a young student, I was satisfied with this date of birth and kept it". One of his ministers, Mahmoud El Materi, confirmed this hypothesis in his memoirs. Being the son of Ali Bourguiba and Fattouma Khefacha, who was 40 when he was born, Bourguiba stated that his mother was ashamed to conceive a child at that late age, her last pregnancy being seven years old at the time. Meanwhile, his father wondered whether he could raise his son at this old age. Habib Bourguiba later described his birth in these words: "When she conceived me, it was for