Latifa Lakhdar

[1] She argues that "The jihadist idea that religion should rule politics is a model that never existed.

"[4] Lakhdar is a founding member of the Association tunisienne des femmes démocrates.

In 2011, she was elected vice-president of the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition.

[2][6] On 6 February 2015, Lakhdar was appointed Minister of Culture and Heritage Preservation, as an independent, in the government of Prime Minister Habib Essid.

[4] On 12 February 2016, Lakhdar was made a Commander of the Order of the Republic by President Béji Caïd Essebsi for her service.