CURRICULUM VITAE OF H.E. Mr Naceur Mestiri, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia TO MALTA


Mr Naceur Mestiri was born on the 1^st May 1955 in Sousse and in 1979 graduated in Journalism, Information Sciences and Political Science. Between 1982 and 1983 he worked as administrator in the General Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Information. In June 1983 he was appointed Secretary for Foreign Affairs within the Foreign Affairs Ministry and was in charge of the dossier of the United Nations Specialised Institutions in the Department of Multilateral Cooperation. 

In September 1987 he was posted at the Tunisian Embassy in Jakarta and served as Deputy Head of Mission and Economic Counsellor followed by press attaché in the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in August 1993. 

In July 1994, Mr Mestiri was appointed Head of the Division responsible for Central and Eastern European Countries within the General Department of Europe, and in August that same year Counsellor for Foreign Affairs.  

In September 1996, he was posted to the Tunisian Embassy in Rome where he served as Deputy Head of Mission and Economic Counsellor. In September 2003 he was appointed Deputy Director for Political and Economic Affairs and Cooperation with France, Italy, Germany and Austria, and in August 2003 was promoted to the rank of Plenipotentiary Minister. 

He is married and father of four children.