Slim Amamou

Slim Amamou سليم عمامو
Secretary of State for Sport and Youth
In office 17 January 2011 – 25 May 2011
Preceded by	Post created
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Nationality	Tunisian
Political party	Parti pirate tunisien
Alma mater	University of Sousse
Profession	Programmer

Slim Amamou (Arabic: سليم عمامو‎) (born in 1977) is a Tunisian blogger and the former Secretary of State for Sport and Youth (French: Secrétaire d'État auprès du ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports), deputy to the Minister for Youth and Sports. He resigned on the week of May 25, 2011 in protest of the transitional government's block of several websites.^[1] A known blogger, he is also Pirate Party activist.

Biography

Graduated from the University of Sousse^[2], he is an influential blogger and author of ReadWriteWeb France. He protested against censorship in Tunisia and organized a demonstration on 22 May 2010.^[3]

He was arrested during the protests that led to the Jasmine Revolution. After his release, on 17 January 2011 he was appointed Secretary of State for Sport and Youth^[4][5][6] in the new Tunisian government. ^[7] On the week of May 25, he resigned from his post in protest of the transitional government's censorship of several websites at the request of the army.^[1]

Political positions

He supports the legalisation of cannabis in Tunisia. He is an advocate for network neutrality and opposes internet censorship.^[1]

See also

• 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Angelique Chrisafis (25-05-2011). "Tunisian dissident blogger quits ministerial post". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/tunisian-dissident-blogger-minister-quits. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
2. ^ Slim Amamou's profile at LinkedIn
3. ^ Isabelle Mandraud, « Au gouvernement, Slim Amamou, 33 ans, conserve ses réflexes de blogueur », Le Monde, cahier spécial Tunisie : le sursaut d'une nation, 21 janvier 2011, p. V
4. ^ "Turmoil in Tunisia: As it happened on Monday". BBC News. 17-01-2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/9363808.stm. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
5. ^ "Arrested Pirate Party member becomes Tunisian State Secretary". TorrentFreak. 17-01-2011. http://torrentfreak.com/arrested-pirate-party-member-becomes-tunisian-minister-110117/. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
6. ^ "Dissident blogger enters new Tunisian government". Straits Times. 18-01-2011. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_625330.html. Retrieved 27 January 2011. 
7. ^ "Twitter Post". 29-01-2011. http://twitter.com/slim404/status/30747114560557056. Retrieved 30 January 2011. 

External links

• Amamou's blog, NoMemorySpace
• Interview with Amamou broadcast on Radio France Internationale

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