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'''Rafik Bouchlaka''' is a Tunisian politician. He served as the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia)|minister of foreign affairs]] under Prime Minister [[Hamadi Jebali]].<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-t/tunisia.html CIA World Leaders]</ref><ref name="live">Sana Ajmi, [http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/12/17/rafik-abdessalem/ Rafik Abdessalem] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311094105/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/12/17/rafik-abdessalem/ |date=11 March 2012 }}, ''Tunisia Live'', 17 December 2011</ref><ref name="business">[http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Biographie-de-M.--Rafik-Abdessalem,-nouveau-ministre-des-Affaires-%C3%A9trang%C3%A8res,525,28406,3 Biographie de M. Rafik Abdessalem, nouveau ministre des Affaires étrangères], ''Business News'', 25 December 2011</ref>

==Education==
Bouchlaka received a B.A. in philosophy from [[Mohammed V University]] in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]] and a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the [[University of Westminster]] in 2003.<ref name="Rafik Abdessalem - Tunisia Live">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tunisia-live.net/whoswho/rafik-abdessalem/|title=Rafik Abdessalem - Tunisia Live|work=Tunisia Live|access-date=2017-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
From 1987 to 1990, Bouchlaka was a member of the executive office of the [[Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie]] (UGET).<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> In London, he founded the [[Maghreb Center for Research and Translation]], and chaired the [[London Platform for Dialogue]].<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> He was also a visiting scholar at the [[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies]].<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> He worked as senior researcher and head of the Research and Studies Office at the Al Jazeera Center for Studies.<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> He is a member of the [[Centre Union Process]].<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> He has published two books and many articles in ''[[Asharq Al-Awsat]]''.<ref name="business"/>

He is a member of the [[Ennahda Movement]], and the party leader [[Rached Ghannouchi]]'s son-in-law.<ref name="live"/><ref>[http://www.mosaiquefm.net/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/17261-Rafik-Ben-Abdesslem-Bouchlaka-La-nomination-des-ministres-d%C3%A9pend-de-leurs-comp%C3%A9tences-Interview.html Rafik Ben Abdesslem Bouchlaka:'La nomination des ministres dépend de leurs compétences'], ''[[Mozaïque FM]]'', 14 December 2011</ref> On 20 December 2011, after former President [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] was deposed, he joined the [[Jebali Cabinet]] as minister of foreign affairs from 2011 to 2013 serving the first democratic government of Tunisia.<ref name="live"/><ref name="business"/> Similar to Rached Ghannouchi he was forced into exile during the Ben Ali regime where he became one of the leaders of the party’s exiled bureau.<ref name="Rafik Abdessalem - Tunisia Live"/> Abdessalem was only able to return to his homeland after 21 years following the [[Tunisian Revolution|Tunisian revolution]].

He is an Executive Bureau member of the Ennahdha Party, in charge of External Relations and a member of its Political Bureau, and has also been serving since 2007 in its Consultative Council, the higher decisional instance of the party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ennahdha.tn/%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85|title=رفيق عبد السلام|work=الموقع الرسمي {{!}} حزب حركة النهضة|access-date=2017-07-04|language=ar}}</ref>

He is the founder and Director of the [[Centre for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies]] (CSDS) established in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tunisianewsgazette.com/tunisia-moved-into-new-stage-of-youth-entrepreneurship-minister/|title=Tunisia moved into new stage of youth entrepreneurship (minister) {{!}} Tunisia News Gazette|website=tunisianewsgazette.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/FszjfHi6sL5mIxMkne-kaW_Ias8/appointments|title=Rafik BOUCHLAKA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''In Religion: Secularism and Democracy (Book not referred)''
*''United States of America: Between Hard Power and Soft Power (Book not referred)''

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tunisian Muslims]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Westminster]]
[[Category:Mohammed V University alumni]]
[[Category:Al Jazeera people]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Tunisia]]
[[Category:Ennahda politicians]]
[[Category:Foreign ministers of Tunisia]]

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