Abderraouf Ayadi
| Abderraouf Ayadi | |
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| President of the Wafa Movement | |
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Assumed office 25 July 2012 |
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| Incumbent | incumbent |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
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In office 22 November 2011 – 2 December 2014 |
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| Constituency | Manouba |
| Interim Secretary-General of the Congress for the Republic | |
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In office 13 December 2011 – 19 April 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Moncef Marzouki |
| Succeeded by | Haythem Belgacem |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 February 1950 Manouba, Tunisia |
| Political party |
Wafa Movement (May 2012 - present) Congress for the Republic (July 2001 - May 2012) |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abderraouf Ayadi (Tunisian Arabic: عبد الرؤوف العيادي; born 12 February 1950 in Manouba, Tunisia) is a Tunisian human rights activist, politician and lawyer.
After the Tunisian Revolution in 2011, he was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly. Temporarily serving as secretary-general of his longtime party Congress for the Republic (CPR), in 2012 he went into opposition, founding the Wafa Movement, which he leads as president.
As an activist for human rights, Ayadi spent six and a half years in prison, five and a half in the wake of the process against the left-wing movement El Amal Ettounsi in 1974. After his release from prison, Ayadi continued to be interrogated frequently, living under constant surveillance from the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. On 24 July 2001, Ayadi co-founded the Congress of the Republic (CPR) and was elected its vice-president.
After the Tunisian Revolution, he was named by his party, the Congress of the Republic (CPR), as its representative at the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition In the 2011 Constituent Assembly election, Ayadi was elected to represent the district of La Manouba in the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia.
After the election of CPR Secretary-General Moncef Marzouki as President of Tunisia, Ayadi moved up as leader of the CPR. His nomination was however disputed by some party members and the name of Tahar Hmila was shortly brought up. Finally, on 20 December 2011, the party officially named Ayadi the CPR's interim Secretary General, to be confirmed at the party's next congress, which however had to be delayed until June 2012.
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