Sadok Ghileb
Sadok Ghileb | |
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| Mayor of Tunis | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Asfouri |
| Succeeded by | Mustapha Dinguizli |
Sadok Ghileb (c. 1840–1912) was a Tunisian politician and mayor of Tunis.
Biography
[edit]Ghileb was born in Tunisia around 1840, into a bourgeois family of Turkish origin. He was the maternal uncle of Mustapha Dinguizli, who succeeded him in office.[1] During his studies at the Al-Zaytuna Mosque Ghileb became interested in politics.[1] In 1864 he became an aide to Muhammad III as-Sadiq until he headed to City Council in Tunis as vice president in 1877.[1] Between 1886 and 1902 he became the Governor of El Kef, of Soliman, Bizerte and Nabeul. He succeeded Mohamed Asfouri as the mayor of Tunis until his death in 1912.[1]
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