Mehdi Mabrouk

[1][2] He has taught sociology at the University of Tunis, with lectures on illegal immigration and youth issues.

[2][3] He has also been a scholar at the Tunisian Center of Economic and Social Studies.

[2] In June 2011, he said Tunisia was ill-equipped to handle the wave of immigration from Libya.

[3] Mabrouk is also the Chief of the Tunis Office of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, and regularly speaks at some of its conferences.

[4] On 20 December 2011, after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Culture.