Chokri Belaid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chokri Belaid
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Nov 26, 1964(1964-11-26)
Age	60
Birthplace	Tunis
Country	Tunisia
Birth City	Tunis Governorate
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Chokri Belaid Biography

Chokri Belaid is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on November 26, 1964 in Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia.

Chokri Belaïd (Arabic: شكري بلعيد ‎ Shukrī Bil‘īd; 26 November 1964 – 6 February 2013), also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian lawyer and politician who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots’ Movement. Belaïd was a vocal critic of the Ben Ali regime prior to the 2011 Tunisian revolution and of the then Islamist-led Tunisian government. On 6 February 2013, he was fatally shot outside his house in El Menzah, close to the Tunisian capital, Tunis. As a result of his assassination, Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced his plan to dissolve the existing national government and to form a temporary “national unity” government.

Belaïd was the coordinator of the far-left Democratic Patriots’ Movement, which was part of a 12-member umbrella organisation called the Popular Front. He identified with pan-Arabism and was active opponent of normalizing relations with Israel. and was a strong critic of the supporters of fundamentalist Islam, sometimes referred to as Salafists, whose confrontational tactics since the change of government in 2011 have prevented some plays and music concerts from being held in Tunisian cities. The Salafists also have been blamed for attacking the US Embassy in Tunisia in 2012.

Chokri Belaid Net Worth

Chokri Belaid is one of the richest Lawyer from Tunisia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chokri Belaid 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Belaïd was born in the town of Djebel Jelloud in Tunisia on 26 November 1964. He was a student activist in the 1980s. He worked as a lawyer and was also part of the defence team of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during his trial for crimes against humanity. He spoke out against a 2008 clampdown on miners, and was a noted political critic of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the strongman Tunisian leader in office for 23 years, whose 2011 self-exile to Saudi Arabia was the first tangible result of the Arab Spring uprisings. Belaid was also a poet, and one of his poems is dedicated to Lebanese intellectual Husayn Muruwwa, who was assassinated by Islamists in the late 1980s.

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Who is Chokri Belaid Dating?

According to our records, Chokri Belaid married to Basma Belaid. As of December 1, 2023, Chokri Belaid’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Shim Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tunisia. Chokri Belaid celebrates birthday on November 26 of every year.