Hatem Ben Salem has taught at Lund University in Sweden and the University of Graz in Austria. In 2008, he was appointed as Minister of Education, until he was deposed in the aftermath of the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests. In 2015, Ben Salem was appointed as Director of the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies. In 2017, Hatem Ben Salem was appointed for the second time as Minister of Education of the Republic of Tunisia. Hatem Ben Salem Hatem Ben Salem is a Tunisian politician. He was the Minister of Education under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Hatem Ben Salem was born on
History of Tunisia Monetary Fund (IMF) forced the government to raise the price of bread and semolina, causing severe hardship and protest riots. In this situation, the Islamic Tendency Movement (MTI) under Cheikh Rached el-Ghannouchi provided popular leadership. Civil disturbances, including those by the Islamists, were repressed by government security forces under General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The government persisted in following its program; Ben Ali was named prime minister. The 84-year-old President Bourguiba was overthrown and replaced by Ben Ali his Prime Minister on November 7, 1987. The new President changed very little in the Bourguibist political support system, except to