M'saken

M'saken as it is written in Tunisia or Masakin or Msaken (Tunisian Arabic: مساكن‎) is a town in north-eastern Tunisia, close to Sousse.

Administration

The town is the administration centre of a "delegation" (district) of the same name, which at the 2014 Census had a population of 97,225.

People of Msaken

Habib Chatti: Habib Chatti or Habib Chatty, born August 9, 1916 at M'saken and died March 6, 1991 in Paris, is a Tunisian diplomat and politician. After completing his primary education in his hometown, he continued his studies at the Collège Sadiki Tunis. He works in the late 1930s in the press as editor of the newspaper Assabah. In 1955, he was appointed as Director of Information in the Government of Tahar Ben Ammar. Ambassador of Tunisia in 1958, he became Chief of Staff of President Habib Bourguiba in 1972, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 14 January 1974 to 24 December 1977. In 1979, he was elected Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, whose headquarters is located in Jeddah.