Mohamed Ali El Hammi

Mohamed Ali El Hammi (Arabic: محمد علي الحامي‎‎) (15 October 1890-May 10, 1928) was born in El Hamma, Gabès and died in Saudi Arabia.
He was born in El Hamma but moved to Tunis at age 8 when his mother died. He studied economics and political scene ience at the University of Berlin. He founded the Confédération générale des travailleurs tunisiens (General Confederation of Tunisian Workers) in 1924 He was a friend and contemporary of Tahar Haddad.
On May 10, 1928, he died in a mysterious car crash in Saudi Arabia and his remains were repatriated to Tunisia on April 6, 1968. He is deemed as the father of Tunisian syndicalism.