Mohamed Ali El Hammi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMohamed Ali El Hammi
Tunisian union leader, social militant, founder of the CGTT
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Place of Birth: El Hamma, Gabès Governorate, Tunisia
About Mohamed Ali El Hammi
- Mohamed Ali El Hammi (Arabic: ???? ??? ???????) (15 October 1890 – May 10, 1928) was born in El Hamma, Gabès and died in Saudi Arabia. He was born in El Hamma but moved to Tunis at age 8 when his mother died.
- He studied economics and political scene ience at the University of Berlin.
- He founded the Confédération générale des travailleurs tunisiens (General Confederation of Tunisian Workers) in 1924 He was a friend and contemporary of Tahar Haddad. On May 10, 1928, he died in a mysterious car crash in Saudi Arabia and his remains were repatriated to Tunisia on April 6, 1968.
- He is deemed as the father of Tunisian syndicalism.
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