Tawfik Jelassi

Tawfik Jelassi (Arabic: توفيق الجلاصي; born 17 October 1957) is a Tunisian academic and former government minister. He was appointed Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO in 2021. He served as Tunisia's Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Information and Communication Technologies in the Jomaa Cabinet from 2014 to 2015.

Early life and education Jelassi was born in Monastir, Tunisia. He obtained a higher diploma in computer information systems from the Higher Institute of Management of Tunis in 1978. He completed a PhD in information systems at New York University in 1985.

Academic career Jelassi began his academic career in the United States, where he worked as a research assistant and instructor in information systems at the Stern School of Business at New York University from 1982 to 1984.

In July 2013, he joined the board of the Banque Nationale Agricole.

Honours Jelassi has been awarded the Tunisian National Order of Merit in education and science, along with multiple international distinctions. He has been a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School (1990 and 2010) and an honorary professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2004–2006).