Houcine Abassi
Born in 1949 in Sbikha, in the Kairouan governorate, Houcine Abassi worked as a teacher and high-school principal and has been active in the trade union movement since 1973. Secretary-General of the Kairouan regional union from 2003, he was elected Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) in 2011 and served until 2017. He supported the Tunisian League for Human Rights, the Bar Association and the Judges Association in their struggle for independence. In 2013 the UGTT joined three other organisations to form the National Dialogue Quartet, awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its decisive contribution to a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia.
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