Slaheddine Cherif

Slaheddine Cherif
Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia
In office 17 November 1999 – 29 January 2011
President	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Secretary of State of Administrative Reform and Civil Service [fr]
In office 11 October 1991 – 23 April 1999
President	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Magistrate
In office 1974–1981
President	Habib Bourguiba
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-10)10 September 1937 Sidi Bou Saïd
Died	6 January 2023(2023-01-06) (aged 85) Tunis
Nationality	Tunisian
Education	Tunis El Manar University University of Paris
Occupation	Tunisian Government official

Slaheddine Cherif (

Born in Tunis on 10 September 1937, Cherif studied law and criminology at the Tunis El Manar University and later at the Faculty of Law of Paris. He also earned a degree from the Institut de défense nationale [fr].^{[citation needed]}

Cherif began his work in the civil service at the Ministry of Communications from 1970 to 1973 before serving as a magistrate with the Higher Administrative Court [fr] from 1974 to 1981. After serving in various other government roles, he became director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 October 1991, Prime Minister Hamed Karoui named him Secretary of State of Administrative Reform and Civil Service [fr]. On 17 November 1999, he became Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.^[2]

Cherif died on 6 January 2023, at the age of 85. He was buried in the Jellaz Cemetery.^[3]

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