Centenary of the death of Kheireddine and Tounsi

Centenary of the death of Kheireddine and Tounsi

Year
1990
Face Value
0.15
Mint Value
0.58 €
Used Value
0.29 €
Print Run
208000
Themes
personalities
This program pays tribute to Kheireddine Pasha (c. 1822-1890), known as Kheireddine Et-Tounsi, an emblematic figure of Tunisian and Muslim reformism. The portrait represents this statesman in the uniform of a senior officer, wearing the traditional fez. A great reformer and author of the work The surest way to know the state of nations, he was the grand vizier of Tunisia and the initiator of major institutional, educational (foundation of the Sadiki College) and administrative reforms. This stamp celebrates the memory of a visionary who attempted to reconcile the values ​​of Islam with the demands of modernity and the rule of law, making him a pillar of Tunisian intellectual and political identity.