Oussama Romdhani

Oussama Romdhani is the former Tunisian communications minister.

Biography Oussama Romdhani was born on December 15, 1956, in Metouia, Tunisia.

He started his career as a journalist for Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP). a government agency with a mission to promote Tunisia's image abroad, but was used extensively by Ben Ali to embellish himself, his family and his regime abroad. In 2009 he was appointed as communications minister.

In July 2012, Romdhani became a regular columnist with the Dubai-based Gulf News. In his op-ed pieces he discussed the "lessons of the Arab Spring". He also criticized the "cronyism" of the Ben Ali regime and other flawed policies which led to the popular uprising against the regime.

In 2017, he holds the position of editor-in-chief at The Arab Weekly.