Nouri Zorgati

Nouri Zorgati
Minister of Finance
In office 9 June 1992 – 22 January 1997
Preceded by	Mohamed Ghannouchi
Succeeded by	Mohamed Jeri
In office 27 October 1987 – 11 April 1989
Preceded by	Ismaïl Khelil
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ghannouchi
Minister of Agriculture
In office 11 April 1989 – 20 February 1991
Preceded by	Slaheddine Ben Mbarek
Succeeded by	Mouldi Zouaoui
Personal details
Born	(1937-08-25)25 August 1937 Sousse, Tunisia
Died	12 October 2014(2014-10-12) (aged 77) France
Political party	Democratic Constitutional Rally (1988–2011)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Destourian Party (until 1988)

Nouri Zorgati (25 August 1937 – 12 October 2014) was a Tunisian politician.

Career

Born in Sousse on 25 August 1937, Zorgati began his political career working for the Ministry of Regional Development from 1968 to 1987. He was first appointed Minister of Finance on 27 October 1987. On 11 April 1989, Zorgati became agriculture minister. He stepped down to serve as the leader of the Union of Tunisian Banks, in Paris, from May 1991 to June 1992. On 9 June 1992, Zorgati began his second stint as finance minister before returning to the Union of Tunisian Banks between 22 January 1997 and 2 August 2002. He also served as a columnist for the magazine Réalités, where he published several of his studies on monetary management and credit.

He died on 12 October 2014, aged 77, at a hospital in France.