Othman Jerandi

Othman Jerandi (; born 1951) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Tunisian minister of foreign affairs from September 2020 to February 2023. He previously held the role from March 2013 to January 2014.

Career With a degree in communications, he started his career in 1979 in the government of Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Amara Nouira, where he worked as a First Secretary in Tunis until 1981. He then served as a Secretary in Tunisia's embassy in Kuwait, before becoming a Counsellor for the embassy, a position he held until 1988, when he became a counsellor for Tunisia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before being moved to Tunisia's mission to the United Nations, a role in which he served until 1994.

On February 7, 2023, the Presidency of the Republic announced his dismissal and his replacement by Nabil Ammar.