Moufida Bourguiba

Moufida Bourguiba
مفيدة بورقيبة
First Lady of Tunisia
In office
25 July 1957 – 21 July 1961
PresidentHabib Bourguiba
Preceded byPosition created
(Lalla Jeneïna Beya as Queen consort of Tunisia)
Succeeded byWassila Bourguiba
Personal details
Born
Mathilde Lorrain

(1890-01-24)January 24, 1890
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
DiedNovember 15, 1976(1976-11-15) (aged 86)
Monastir, Tunisia
Spouses
  • Colonel le Fras
    (died 1918)
  • (m. 1927; div. 1961)
ChildrenHabib Bourguiba, Jr.

Moufida Bourguiba (Arabic: مفيدة بورقيبة; née Mathilde Lorrain 24 January 1890 – 15 November 1976) was the first wife of Habib Bourguiba, the first President of Tunisia, and thus the inaugural First Lady of Tunisia from 1957 to 1961.[1]

  1. ^ Borsten, Joan (1985-06-16). "Arab World's Most Powerful Woman". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2012-08-09.