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 was a Women's rights defender, Bourguiba based this law on his ideas, emancipating women, despite the then-conservative public opinion. Bourguiba understood the opposition he would face but decided to act, before even building the Republic. Nevertheless, he was supported by some religious personalities, such as Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour, who defended Bourguiba's reform, stating that the CPS are possible interpretations of Islam. However, others did not share these views and said that the CPS was violating Islamic norms. The Personal Status Code would, then, constitute the fundamental legacy of Habib Bourguiba, to the point of becoming a sort of consensus