Habib Chatty
{{Short description|Tunisian politician and diplomat}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Habib Chatty
| image = Habib Chatti.jpg
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| office = Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1984
| predecessor = Amadou Karim Gaye
| successor = Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|8|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = M'saken, French Tunisia
| nationality = Tunisian
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|6|1916|8|9|df=y}}
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| profession = Politician
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| caption = Chatty in 1957
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = {{nobold|الحبيب الشطي}}
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Habib Chatti or Habib Chatty (9 August 1916 – 6 March 1991) was a Tunisian politician and diplomat. He served as the fourth Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 1979 to 1984.
Biography
Habib Chatti was born on 9 August 1916 in M'saken, Tunisia.{{Cite book |last=Chatti |first=Habib |url=https://www.amazon.com/M%C3%A9moires-Chatti-Tunisie-Moyen-Orient-French-ebook/dp/B0CQQZC8RQ/ref=monarch_sidesheet#detailBullets_feature_div |title=Mémoires de Habib Chatti sur la Tunisie et le Moyen-Orient |publisher=Kindle Direct Publishing |year=2023 |editor-last=Chatti |editor-first=Hassine |edition=1st |language=FR |asin=B0CQQZC8RQ}} He began his career as a journalist in the 1930s and became the chief editor of Assabah.
In 1955, Chatti was appointed chief information officer in prime minister Tahar Ben Ammar's government. In 1972, he became President Habib Bourguiba's chief of staff. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1974 to 1977.
In 1979, he became the fourth Secretary-General of the OIC, and held the position until 1984.{{cite web |title=The General Secretariat |url=http://www.oicun.org/5/ |publisher=Permanent Mission of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations |accessdate=2011-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117070031/http://www.oicun.org/5/ |archive-date=2017-11-17 |url-status=dead }}
Chatti died on 6 March 1991 in Paris.
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