Rashid al-Ghannushi

Rashid al-Ghannushi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي‎ Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached al-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, co-founder of the Ennahda Movement and serving as its "intellectual leader". He was born Rashid Khriji (راشد الخريجي).Ghannushi was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012 and Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers and was awarded the Chatham House Prize 2012 (alongside Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki) by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, for "the successful compromises each achieved during Tunisia's democratic transition".

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Rashid al-Ghannushi
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1941
Birth place
Gabès Governorate , French protectorate of Tunisia , El Hamma
Religion
Sunni Islam
Education
Damascus University
Cairo University

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