Mansour Moalla

Mansour Moalla (; born 1 March 1930) is a Tunisian economist, businessman and politician who held several cabinet posts in the period from the 1960s to the early 1980s.

Early life and education Moalla was born in Sfax on 1 March 1930. He hails from a family of farmers.

After completing his primary and secondary education in his hometown Moalla studied law in France and graduated in 1953. During this period he was part of the team who were carrying out the negotiations for internal autonomy led by Tahar Ben Ammar, a leading Tunisian landowner. Moalla was removed by Mzali from the post Mansour successor as minister of planning was Ismaïl Khelil.

In 1976 Moalla established the Arab International Bank of Tunisia and acted as its director for one year. Following his removal from cabinet in 1983 Moalla served as the honorary president of the Arab International Bank of Tunisia. He was also founder of the Arab Institute of Business Leaders (Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprises; IACE), a think tank established in 1985. He was the president of the IACE until June 1993. The reason for his resignation was a libellous public campaign due to the allegations of the existence of a Masonic lodge which aimed to “control the structures of the national economy."

In October 2013 Moalla was one of the potential candidates to head the caretaker government to be formed following the unrest during the Arab Spring events. He did not accept the offer on 31 October.

Personal life and work Moalla is married and has four children: Nejla, Selim, Alya and Samy.

Moalla is the author of some books including De l'indépendance à la révolution. Système politique et développement économique en Tunisie that was published in 2011. His another book is Sortie de crise et union nationale: pourquoi et comment which was published in 2019.

Honours Moalla is the recipient of the following: Commander of the Order of the Republic, Officer of the Order of Independence and Grand Cordon of the Order of Tunisian Republic.