Houcine Abassi

Houcine Abassi

Houcine Abassi in 2016
Born (1947-08-19) August 19, 1947
Sbikha, Tunisia
Nationality Tunisian
Occupation

Houcine Abassi (Arabic: حسين العباسي‎‎; born August 19, 1947) is a Tunisian unionist. He was the Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) since 2011.[1] UGTT was part of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".[2] Along with other leaders of the Quartet, Wided Bouchamaoui, Mohammed Fadhel Mafoudh and Abdessatar Ben Moussa, Houcine Abassi traveled to Oslo to collect the Nobel Prize on December 10, 2015.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ « Biographie de Houssine Abassi, nouveau secrétaire général de l'UGTT », Espace Manager, 30 décembre 2011
  2. ↑ "Announcement - The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015". 9 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Thiesing, Dorothee (2015-12-10). "Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize". Bigstory.ap.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. ↑ "National Dialogue Quartet - Photo Gallery". Nobelprize.org. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
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