Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (Arabic: محمد العزيز بن عاشور) is a Tunisian politician and historian[1] born on 5 January 1951; he specializes in urban, social and cultural history of modern Tunisia and the Islamic civilization.

[5] He was Director of Heritage Sciences at the National Heritage Institute[4] and later Director-General of Institut supérieur d'histoire du mouvement national (French for "The Higher Institute of History of the National Movement") as well as Governor of Historic Site at Sidi Bou Said at the same time.

In November 2004, he was appointed Minister of Culture in the First cabinet of Mohamed Ghannouchi and remained at the head of the ministry until August 2008.

[2] In December of the same year, he was elected Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization[4] for a four-year period that started on February 1, 2009.

[7] He is the grandson of Sheikh Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur,[8] and the son of Abdelmalek Ben Achour and Radiya Al-Jaluli.