Sadok Belaïd

Sadok Belaïd
الصادق بلعيد
Born(1939-03-03)3 March 1939
Died7 March 2026(2026-03-07) (aged 87)
OccupationsJurist, academic

Sadok Belaïd (Arabic: الصادق بلعيد; 3 March 1939 – 7 March 2026) was a Tunisian jurist and academic.[1]

Life and career

Born on 3 March 1939, Belaïd was a longtime professor at Tunis University,[2][3] as well as a direcotr of Tunis Private University.[4] He was a member of the Conseil tunisien de la recherche scientifique et technologique,[5] the Association tunisienne de droit constitutionnel, the Académie Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel, and the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts.[6] As an academic, he was a guest professor at dozens of universities around the world.[7]

In the political sphere, Belaïd served on the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition.[8] In the 2011 election, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Constituent Assembly for Ben Arous.[9] That September, he created a revised version of the new Constitution's preliminary draft.[10]

Known for his close ties to President Beji Caid Essebsi, he was also a staunch opponent of the Islamist party Ennahda.[11] In 2016, he signed the Carthage Accord, which ended the mandate of Prime Minister Habib Essid. However, the choice of Youssef Chahed as his replacement was condemned by President Essebsi, who severed ties with Belaïd.[12] Belaïd then responded by calling the President and his son "imbeciles".[13]

On 20 May 2022, Belaïd was nominated by President Kais Saied as coordinating chairman of the Consultative Commission.[14][15] Early the following month, he announced that a new draft constitution would be submitted soon, and that, unlike the 1959 and 2014 constitutions, it contained no reference to Islam.[16] On 3 July 2022, Belaïd announced that the text unveiled on 30 June and submitted to referendum was not the one drafted and presented by the commission, adding that it contained "considerable risks and shortcomings".[17] He considered the new Constitution to be "dangerous".[18]

Belaïd died on 7 March 2026, at the age of 87.[19]

Decorations

Publications

  • Essai sur le pouvoir créateur et normatif du juge (1974)[21]
  • L'organisation et les institutions d'une communauté économique maghrébine (1987)
  • La loi aujourd'hui (1989)
  • L'œuvre jurisprudentielle du Tribunal administratif tunisien (1990)
  • Les expériences d'intégration régionale dans les pays du tiers-monde (1993)
  • Islam et droit : une nouvelle lecture des « versets prescriptifs » du Coran (2000)
  • Droit communautaire et mondialisation (2003)
  • En hommage à Dali Jazi (2010)
  • Beyond Coercion : Durability of the Arab State (2016)

References

  1. ^ "Le doyen Sadok Belaid est décédé : l'érudition et l'ingeniosité de l'architecture instituionnelle". Leaders (in French). 7 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Débat électoral : les premières élections démocratiques en Tunisie 06/10/11". Sciences Po (in French). Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Anciens Doyens". Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tunis (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Edito". Bouebdelli University (in French). Archived from the original on 2 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Nominations" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia (in French). 5 March 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Tunisie - Liste des membres de Beit al-Hikma". Espace Manager (in French).
  7. ^ "Sadok Belaid". Tunisia Live (in French). 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Tunisie. L'idée de referendum vivement critiquée par la Haute instance". Kapitalis (in French). 9 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Sadok Belaid : « Je me porte candidat à la Constituante". Tunis Tribune (in French). 4 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  10. ^ "Nouvelle Constitution: l'avant-projet du Doyen Sadok Belaid". Leaders (in French). 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  11. ^ "الاخلالات الدستورية في تكليف الشاهد". Babnet (in Arabic). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  12. ^ "تونس: اندلاع معركة دستورية بسبب تكليف الشاهد رئاسة الحكومة المقبلة". Asharq Al-Awsat (in Arabic). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ Sarra, Abou (9 August 2016). "Politique : Sadok Belaid critique BCE et qualifie son fils de "bahloul"". Directinfo (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Tout sur l'Instance Sadok Belaid pour " Une nouvelle République " : Rapport final le 20 juin prochain". Leaders (in French). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  15. ^ Jomni, Malek (21 May 2022). "Tunisie: Sadok Belaïd nommé à la tête du Haut comité consultatif pour la nouvelle République". Anadolu Agency (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Tunisie: pas de référence à l'islam dans le projet de Constitution". Le Point (in French). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  17. ^ Bin Elhady Elthabti, Adel Bin Ibrahim (3 July 2022). "Tunisie : Sadok Belaïd désavoue le projet de Constitution de Saïed". Anadolu Agency (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  18. ^ Bobin, Frédéric (3 July 2022). "Tunisie : " Le projet présidentiel de nouvelle Constitution est dangereux "". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  19. ^ "The Constitutional Law Scholar Sadok Belaïd Has Passed Away". Tunisie Numérique. 7 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  20. ^ "Décrets et Arrêtés" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia (in French). 22 September 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  21. ^ "S. Belaid, Essai sur le pouvoir créateur et normatif du juge [note bibliographique]". Revue internationale de droit comparé (in French). 1975. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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