Ridha Belhaj (politician)

Ridha Belhaj (Arabic: رضا بلحاج), (born 16 February 1962) is a Tunisian lawyer, senior official and politician.

Ridha Belhaj studied at Alaoui High School in Tunis and then at the Tunisian-Algerian Institute, where he obtained a law degree in 1986 and a diploma in customs and tax economics in 1988.

[2] Having served as the General-secretary and delegate-minister in Beji Caid Essebsi's Transitional Government from February 2011 to December 2011.

[3] On 1 February 2016, Belhaj stepped back to be replaced by Caid Essebsi's cousin Selim Azzabi.

[5] Member, spokesperson and then vice-president of Nidaa Tounes,[6] he resigned from this party in February 2016 due to political perspective problems.