Mustapha Kaak
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Mustapha Kaak | |
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| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
| In office 21 July 1947 – 17 August 1950 | |
| Monarch | Lamine Bey |
| Preceded by | Slaheddine Baccouche |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Chenik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 April 1893 Tunis (French protectorate of Tunisia) |
| Died | 26 July 1984 Tunis |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Mustapha Kaak (17 April 1893 in Tunis – 26 July 1984 in Tunis) was a lawyer, scholar, and politician from Tunisia.
Biography
He presided over the Association of Former Students of the Sadiki College,[1] the musical association of The Rachidia, and Espérance sportive de Tunis from 1926 to 1930.
At the initiative of the French General Resident Jean Mons, who sought to give him extra legitimacy, a decree dated 12 July 1947, established the admission of Tunisian lawyers to the bar of Tunis and the bar council; Kaak was elected on 18 July as the head of the bar; this was a unique case of a Muslim being elected as head of the bar under the French protectorate of Tunisia.[2] However, under pressure from the Neo-Destour, he resigned in October of the same year.[2]
Appointed Prime Minister by Lamine Bey shortly after his election on 19 July, he asked Salah Ben Youssef, the secretary-general of the Neo-Destour, to join his government, but he refused. [citation needed] Kaak is also credited with initiating the works of the Majallah, which foreshadowed the Personal Status Code and whose author was his minister of justice, Mohamed Abdelaziz Djaït.[3] As the first prime minister to reside permanently at the new headquarters of the Tunisian government, Dar El Bey, he left his position on 16 August 1950.
He is often considered one of the Tunisian figures, including Slaheddine Baccouche, Abdelkader Belkhodja, and Hédi Raïs, who opposed the policies of the Tunisian National Movement dominated by Neo-Destour and Habib Bourguiba and Ben Youssef. This party considered Kaak's policy too conciliatory towards the colonial power. Kaak aimed for appeasement, trying to avoid confrontation between activists and security forces, but without notable political advances or concessions from France.
He was the older brother of historian Othman Kaak.[4]
References
- ↑ Imen Abderrahmani. "Association des anciens élèves du collège Sadiki : comme au bon vieux temps !" (in العربية). Retrieved 13 January 2016..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Éric Gobe (2013). Les avocats en Tunisie de la colonisation à la révolution (1883–2011). Paris: Karthala. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-2-8111-1056-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Khaled Lasram. "Kamel Eddine Djaït, the man who fought heterodoxy" (in français). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ Abou Zayane Salah Saadi (3 July 2009). "Cultural evening on Othman Kaak" (in العربية). Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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