Fethia Mzali

Fethia Mokhtar Mzali (Arabic: فتحيّة مزالي)   (6 April 1927 – 12 February 2018) was a Tunisian teacher and politician who became one of the country's first two female ministers in 1983.

[4] However, her appointment under President Habib Bourguiba has been criticised for contributing to the women's movement in Tunisia languishing under his influence.

[1] She joined the Central Committee of the Socialist Destourian Party in 1974 and was appointed a member of its governing body in 1979.

Souad Yaacoubi was appointed minister of public health at the same time, making the two women the first to serve in the country's cabinet.

They fled the country for France, and in April 1987 Mohammed Mzali was convicted in absentia of abuse of social property and unlawful enrichment.