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
Habib Bourguiba the conservative trend who had just being created. The country started to twitch once again. Ben Youssef multiplied his tours around the country facing the sabotage attempts of Bourguiba's followers. However, cells supportive of Ben Youssef were creating everywhere, while many Neo-Destourian activists remained in an expectant hush, waiting to see who of the two leaders will have the last word. Therefore, Bourguiba started an information campaign which was successful, especially in Kairouan, who was seduced by the leader's charisma and decided to rally his cause. In this context, a congress was held in November 1955 to choose which of