Mohamed Sayah (Arabic: محمد الصيّاح; 31 December 1933 – 15 March 2018^[1]) was a Tunisian politician who held a number of ministerial roles in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.^[2]

Career

Mohamed Sayah held several ministerial portfolios under President Habib Bourguiba.^[3]

• Ministry of Information (7 November 1969 to 12 June 1970).
• Department of Public Works (29 October 1971 to 5 June 1973).
• Ministry of Youth and Sports (5 June to 30 November 1973).
• Ministry delegated to the Prime Minister (30 November 1973 to 25 April 1980).
• Ministry of Housing (25 April 1980 to 25 November 1983).
• Ministry of Equipment (25 April 1984 to 16 May 1987).
• Ministry of Education (16 May to 7 November 1987).

Very close to President Bourguiba, he withdrew from political life after rise of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to power.^[4] In 2013, he created the Bourguiba Foundation, an association dedicated to the person and the work of the first president of the Tunisian Republic.^[5]

Publications

• Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome I « L'échec de la répression », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
• Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome II « La victoire », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
• Le Néo-Destour face à la troisième épreuve, 1952-1956, tome III « L'indépendance », ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1979
• Le Nouvel État aux prises avec le complot yousséfiste, 1956-1958, ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1982
• La République délivrée de l'occupation étrangère, ed. Dar El Amal, Tunis, 1984
• (ar) L'Acteur et le témoin, ed. Cérès, Tunis, 2012^[6]