[4] He served as the director general and president of the International Harvester company based in Tunis in 1966.

[6] Mabrouk's term ended in November 1987 when President Bourguiba was deposed by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and a new cabinet was formed.

[5] Mabrouk learned this incident in Amman, Jordan, while attending an Arab summit meeting and was replaced by Mahmoud Mestiri as foreign minister.

[2] Mabrouk had a very good command of French and was the writer of the articles signed by Bourguiba which were published in various media outlets.

[3] In 2012 his memoirs were published by the Sud Press under the title Feuilles d’Automne (French: Autumn Leaves).