Nouri Zorgati
{{Short description|Tunisian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Nouri Zorgati
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| nationality= Tunisian
|office = Minister of Finance
|term_start = 9 June 1992
|term_end = 22 January 1997
|predecessor = Mohamed Ghannouchi
|successor = Mohamed Jeri
| order1 =
| term_start1 = 27 October 1987
| term_end1 = 11 April 1989
| predecessor1 = Ismaïl Khelil
| successor1 = Mohamed Ghannouchi
| order2 = Minister of Agriculture
| constituency2 =
| term_start2 = 11 April 1989
| term_end2 = 20 February 1991
| predecessor2 = Slaheddine Ben Mbarek
| successor2 = Mouldi Zouaoui
| birth_date= {{birth date|1937|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place= Sousse, Tunisia
| death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|2014|10|12|1937|8|25}}
| death_place= France
| spouse=
| party = Democratic Constitutional Rally {{small|(1988–2011)}}
| otherparty= Socialist Destourian Party {{small|(until 1988)}}
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Nouri Zorgati (25 August 1937 – 12 October 2014) was a Tunisian politician.
Career
Born in Sousse on 25 August 1937,{{cite news|title=L’ancien ministre des Finances, Nouri Zorgati, n’est plus|url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/lancien-ministre-des-finances-nouri-zorgati-nest-plus,520,50182,3|accessdate=21 November 2017|work=Business News|date=13 October 2014|language=fr}} Zorgati began his political career working for the Ministry of Regional Development from 1968 to 1987.{{cite news|title=Décès de Nouri Zorgati|url=https://www.realites.com.tn/2014/10/deces-de-nouri-zorgati/|accessdate=21 November 2017|work=Réalités|date=13 October 2014|language=fr}} He was first appointed Minister of Finance on 27 October 1987. On 11 April 1989, Zorgati became agriculture minister. He stepped down to serve as the leader of the Union of Tunisian Banks, in Paris, from May 1991 to June 1992. On 9 June 1992, Zorgati began his second stint as finance minister before returning to the Union of Tunisian Banks between 22 January 1997 and 2 August 2002.{{cite news|title=L’ancien ministre des Finances Nouri Zorgati n’est plus|url=http://www.kapitalis.com/kapital/25160-l-ancien-ministre-des-finances-nouri-zorgati-n-est-plus.html|accessdate=21 November 2017|work=Kapitalis|date=13 October 2014|language=fr}} He also served as a columnist for the magazine Réalités, where he published several of his studies on monetary management and credit.{{Cite web |title=Décès de Nouri Zorgati |url=https://realites.com.tn/fr/deces-de-nouri-zorgati/ |website=realites}}
He died on 12 October 2014, aged 77, at a hospital in France.
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Category:Socialist Destourian Party politicians
Category:Finance ministers of Tunisia
Category:Agriculture ministers of Tunisia
Category:Democratic Constitutional Rally politicians
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