Mohamed Ali El Hammi

Mohamed Ali El Hammi (Arabic: محمد علي الحامي; 15 October 1890 – May 10, 1928) was an early twentieth-century Tunisian labor organizer during the era of the French protectorate over Tunisia.

[citation needed] He began his professional life as a personal driver for the Hungarian consul in Tunis.

He then left for Germany and studied economics and political science at the University of Berlin.

[2] He founded the Confédération générale des travailleurs tunisiens (General Confederation of Tunisian Workers) in 1924, a year after returning to the country.

[3][4] He led strikes and formed regional unions across Tunisia.

Statue of Mohamed El Hammi in El Hamma founded in 2001