Olfa Hamdi (Arabic: ألفة الحامدي; born 15 July 1988) is a Tunisian center-right politician and businesswoman born in the city of Gafsa in southern Tunisia. She is an international expert in capital project management.[2] She previously held the position of President and general manager of Tunisian Airlines.[3][4][5]
Olfa Hamdi | |
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ألفة الحامدي | |
 Hamdi in 2019 | |
| Born | 15 July 1988 |
| Citizenship | Tunisian[1]/American |
| Alma mater | École Centrale de Lille University of Texas at Austin |
She is the founder and elected president of the Third Republic Party of Tunisia.[6]
Biography
editOlfa received her primary and secondary education in Tunisia and passed the General Secondary School exam with distinction, enabling her to be among the top in The Republic. Then, thanks to a scholarship from The Tunisian State, she went to Lille in France where she studied there and obtained a Master's degree in engineering, from College of Lille, and after that she headed to the United States of America, where she continued her studies at University of Texas Austin, where she obtained a master's degree in Project Management major.[7]
Professional career
editOlfa has worked on several projects in United States[8] Then she founded Concord Technology Enterprises[9] She is considered an international expert in major project management, and she invented the AWP technology[10][11] It is a methodology and technique that has been adopted internationally to improve the profitability of major projects by major international companies such as ExxonMobil[12] She also assumed the position of Executive Director of the Advanced Work Packaging Institute, and worked for a period in Tunisia within the Ministry of National Defense at the Supreme Defense Institute as a teacher and lecturer in project management within the Staff School. Of the Ministry[3][13]
President of Tunisair
editShe was appointed on January 4, 2021 as head of Tunisian Airlines.[14], making her the third woman to hold the position after Salwa Al-Sagheer and Sarah Rajab.[15][16] After disagreements between her and The Tunisian General Labor Union on the reform path of the airline,[17][18][19] She was removed from her position on February 22, 2021.[20]
Political career
editOlfa Hamdi is a presidential candidate in the 2024 presidential election of Tunisia.[21] [22] [23] She founded and leads the Third Republic Party of Tunisia.[24] Olfa Hamdi was a professor in the Tunisian Military.[25]
References
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- ^ "من هي الفة الحامدي السيرة الذاتية". 9 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12.
- ^ "American-Tunisian Partnership Project Launches Landmark Effort". 2021-02-10. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Olfa Hamdi". 2021-01-22. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Olfa Hamdi | Fleming". 2020-09-30. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Interview with Olfa Hamdi | United States | Advanced Work Packaging". 2020-10-22. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Concord Project Technologies Inc. | SCORE". 2020-10-26. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "نشأت في قفصة وأصبحت باعثة لشركة كبيرة في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية ... الفة حمدي مثال عن كفاءات تونس المهدورة | Tunivisions". 2020-09-30. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "امرأة على رأس الخطوط الجوية التونسية". 2021-01-05. Archived from the original on 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "من هي سلوى الصغير وزيرة الصناعة والطاقة والمناجم | Tunivisions". 2020-12-03. Archived from the original on 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "بعد إقالتها من الخطوط التونسية: سارة رجب رئيسة مديرة عامة للسكك الحديدية". 2021-02-23. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "ألفة الحامدي للطبوبي: أنت الرجل غير المناسب لأمانة اللإتحاد". 2022-11-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "اتّحاد الشغل وخلفيّات إقالة ألفة الحامدي". 2023-06-06. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "ألفة الحامدي تتساءل: هل تحامل الطبوبي تُجاهي مرتبط بهذا القرار؟ (وثيقة) | جريدة الشروق التونسية". 2022-11-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "وزير النقل يكشف أسباب إقالة ألفة الحامدي". 2021-02-23. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "Olfa Hamdi Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign in Tunisia". newswire.com. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Ex-TunisAir CEO announces plans to run for next year presidential elections – The North Africa Post". Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ https://www.wrmea.org/north-africa/the-limitations-of-elections-in-resolving-political-divisions-in-tunisia-and-libya.html[dead link]
- ^ Tunis, U. S. Embassy (2022-09-09). "Chargée d'Affaires a.i. Natasha Franceschi Meets With the President of the Third Republic Party, Olfa Hamdi". U.S. Embassy in Tunisia. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ R (2021-02-23). "Tunisia-Olfa Hamdi responds to questioning her university degrees". Tunisia News (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
