Ghannouchi, Rachid al-
Ghannouchi, Rachid al-
biographical name(born c. 1941, Tunisia) Tunisian political activist and cofounder of Hizb al-Nahdah (Renaissance Party). After studying philosophy in Damascus and at the Sorbonne in Paris, he returned to Tunisia and joined the Qur'anic Preservation Society (1970). In 1981 he helped organize the Islamic Tendency Movement, which later became Hizb al-Nahdah; this action resulted in his imprisonment (1981–84, 1987–88). In 1993 Britain granted him political asylum.
Variants of GHANNOUCHI, RACHID AL-
Ghannouchi, Rachid al- also spelled Rashid al-Ghannushi
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