Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union
Habib Ben Yahia is a Tunisian diplomat and politician. In 1988 he was appointed Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that, he had served as Tunisian Ambassador to Tokyo, then to Washington.
From 1991 to 1997 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, then as Minister of Defence. In November 1999 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs for a second term.
In January 2006 he was appointed Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union