Abderraouf Ayadi

Abderraouf Ayadi
President of the Wafa Movement
Assumed office
25 July 2012
Member of the Constituent Assembly
In office
22 November 2011  2 December 2014
ConstituencyManouba
Interim Secretary-General of the Congress for the Republic
In office
13 December 2011  19 April 2012
Preceded byMoncef Marzouki
Succeeded byHaythem Belgacem
Personal details
Born (1950-02-12) 12 February 1950
Manouba, Tunisia
Political partyWafa Movement (May 2012 - present)
Congress for the Republic (July 2001 - May 2012)
ProfessionLawyer

Abderraouf Ayadi (Tunisian Arabic: عبد الرؤوف العيادي; born 12 February 1950 in Manouba, Tunisia) is a Tunisian human rights activist, politician and lawyer.

After the Tunisian Revolution in 2011, he was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly. Temporarily serving as secretary-general of his longtime party Congress for the Republic (CPR), in 2012 he went into opposition, founding the Wafa Movement, which he leads as president.