Mohamed Gueddiche

Mohamed Gueddiche (born 25 July 1942) is a Tunisian cardiologist. He also holds a senior military rank. His significance nationally has been based in part on his position as the personal physician to President Ben Ali, and as a physician for Ben Ali's predecessor.[1]

Life

Mohamed Gueddiche was born in Hammamet, a coastal town in the Nabeul Governorate of northeastern Tunisia. It was here that he received his primary schooling, before moving on to the prestigious Lycée Alaoui in Tunis.[2] He then crossed over to metropolitan France where he studied Medicine at Lyon. On his return he took a first post-qualification position as a member of the cardiology department at the Tunis Military Hospital. Following a series of promotions and further qualifications in the end he became director of the hospital.

He worked as a doctor for President Bourgiba, and was one of the seven who were persuaded to sign a doctors' declaration in the early morning of 7 November 1987 stating that the President was no longer fit to rule. He then became the personal physician to Bourgiba's successor, President Ben Ali, a post he held until Ben Ali's own fall from power in January 2011.[3]

Mohamed Gueddiche's public career has not been without controversy. He has played a powerfully positive role in the development of cardiology and the Tunisian hospital network, and through organising congresses and other events to progress and disseminate medical knowledge.[4] There are nevertheless critics who allege that he and his family have benefitted conspicuously from his closeness to the Ben Ali regime, reflected, it is said, in villas, a monopoly on the import of certain medicaments, and the launch in 2010 by his son of the radio station Express FM.[5]

Mohamed Gueddiche was a co-founder of the "Revue tunisienne de la santé militaire" ("Tunisian Review of Military Medicine/Health"), a quarterly publication produced continuously since 1999 and edited under the direction of the military health department of the Ministry of Defence.[6]


References

  1. ↑ Az.B. (18 November 2008). "Bourguiba déclaré inapte à gouverner". Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Walid Khefifi. "... Centenaire du lycée Alaoui". Vie des partis et des organisations. Tunisia Today. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Jacky Naegelen (10 December 2012). "Ben Ali, le dictateur "bac moins 3": Après 23 ans de règne, une révolution et un procès en cours, le dictateur tunisien déchu reste un personnage mystérieux. Qui est vraiment l'ex-président Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali?". Slate Afrique. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. ↑ S_b (7 December 2009). "Tunisie: Prix du Festival "Dix courts, une cause"". AllAfrica. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Abdelaziz Ben Hassouna (4 October 2010). "Du nouveau sur les ondes". Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tunisie: Nouveau numéro de la Revue de la santé militaire". AllAfrica. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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