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Chedli Klibi | |
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الشاذلي القليبي | |
 Klibi in 2013 | |
| 4th Secretary-General of the Arab League | |
| In office March 1979 – September 3, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Riad |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid |
| Minister of Information of Tunisia | |
| In office 1978–1979 | |
| Minister of Culture of Tunisia | |
| In office December 8, 1976 – September 20, 1978 | |
| President | Habib Bourguiba |
| Prime Minister | Hédi Nouira |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Messadi |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Yalaoui [fr] |
| In office June 24, 1971 – November 30, 1973 | |
| President | Habib Bourguiba |
| Prime Minister | Hédi Nouira |
| Preceded by | Habib Boularès |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Messadi |
| In office October 7, 1961 – June 12, 1970 | |
| President | Habib Bourguiba |
| Prime Minister | Bahi Ladgham (1969–1970) |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Habib Boularès |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1925-09-06)6 September 1925 Tunis,Tunisia |
| Died | 13 May 2020(2020-05-13) (aged 94) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Political party | Socialist Destourian Party |
Chedli Klibi (Arabic:الشاذلي القليبي; September 6, 1925 – May 13, 2020) was a Tunisian politician. He wasSecretary-General of the Arab League, and the only non-Egyptian to hold the post.
Klibi graduated with a Baccalaureat de l'Enseignement Secondaire in philosophy fromSadiki College in 1944. After graduate work at thePantheon-Sorbonne University where he earned a degree inArabic language and literature in 1947. Having mastered the Arabic andFrench languages, he lectured at the Institut des Hautes Etudes and the Ecole Normale Superieure.
After becoming Director General of Radio Tunis in 1958, he became theTunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs (1961 - 1970, 1971 - 1973, 1976 - 1978) under the chairmanship ofHabib Bourguiba, then chief of staff to the president from 1974 to 1976 before being Minister of Information from 1978 to 1979. He also served as mayor ofCarthage from 1963 to 1990. As mayor, he signed a symbolic "peace treaty" with the mayor of Rome,Ugo Vetere, in 1985 in commemoration of the 2,131st anniversary of the end of thePunic Wars between ancient Rome and ancient Carthage.[1]
Klibi was appointed secretary general of theArab League in March 1979, as a result of theEgypt–Israel peace treaty. In 1990, he resigned from the post without explanation. As secretary general he held three ordinary summits for the Heads of Arab States and six extraordinary summits. As member of the House of Councillors from 2005 to 2008, Klibi spent his retirement in his Carthage residence with his wife Klibi Kalthoum.
He wroteOrient-Occident - la paix violente which was published in 1999. This book was written in the form of an interview withFrench journalist Jennifer Moll, in which he envisages several matters involvingIslam,Europe and his experiences as secretary general of the Arab League.
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Algeria : Medal of Honor of the Republic of Algeria
Lebanon : Grand Cordon of theNational Order of the Cedar
Morocco : Grand Cordon of theOrder of Ouissam Alaouite
Palestine : Grand Cordon of theNational Order of Palestine| Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Arab League 1979–1990 | Succeeded by |
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