Abderrazak Kilani

25 December 2011 10:27 am | Ahmed Ellali |

Abderrazzak Kilani

Abderazzak Kilani was born On June 25^th, 1954 in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. He is a lawyer and has currently been nominated to serve as Deputy Prime Minister for relations with the Constituent Assembly.

His primary and secondary education was spent in Tunis, he subsequently moved to France to continue his university studies in Grenoble and Lyon from 1973 until 1979.

Kilani got a Masters Degree from Grenoble University in private and judicial law in 1978, he received his graduate certificate specializing in insurance from the University of Lyon in 1979.

He was known for his human rights activism nationally and internationally when he was elected Deputy President of the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers for a term between 1988 and 1989, he subsequently became the organization’s President between 1990 and 1991.

In 1992, he established the Maghreb Union of Young Lawyers and then he was the Co-founder and General Secretary of the Tunisia Center for Lawyers Autonomy. He was also a coordinator of the Defense Committee for Professor Mohammed Abbou. He was a member of the National Committee for the Promotion of Human Rights. As a law professor, over a six year period he gave more than 400 law lectures on different cases in Tunisian Law.

Kilani participated in providing assistance to the Iraqi people during the two Iraq Wars. He has lead many Tunisian delegations in making visits and humanitarian convoys to Iraq.

As a lawyer he was also very involved in Tunisian sports. He was a former member of the Tunisian Confederation of Tennis, and a member of the administration of the Espérance Sportive de Tunis football team. He played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis between 1967 and 1973. He was an early founder of the football club of lawyers.

Kilani is married and is the father of three children.

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Youssef Gaigi says:

25 December 2011 at 14:27

Thanks a lot Med, we are fixing these mistakes. We have editors and proofreaders, but sometimes we are overwhelmed. Anyway, we are fixing the typos now. Thanks for the feedback!

Salem, we had a long discussion about the exact name of the position, and how it translates to English. Minister delegate was among the options, also we though of vice prime minister, and finally deputy ministers. We opted at the end for Deputy Minister. I guess after your comment, we will raise the issue again.

Thanks a lot for your comments.

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Salem allala says:

25 December 2011 at 14:00

Mr Kilani was appointed minister delegate to the prime minister and not deputy prime minister.

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Med says:

25 December 2011 at 13:09

Editing and proofreading:

“He was known for his human activism” Did you mean human “rights” activism?
“Abderrazak Kilani participated heavily in supporting the Iraqi people”
Did you mean “participated actively”?
” he received his insurance certificate” What is an “insurance certificate” I’m afraid there is no such a thing in English.
“As a law professor he has designed more than 400 law lectures”. Lectures are not “designed”, they are prepared, written, delivered, etc.
You really need the help of a professional editor and proofreader, with native speaker fluency in English. Good luck.

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