Tunisia Banknotes 10 Dinars banknote 1980 President Habib Bourguiba
Central Bank of Tunisia - Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Obverse: Portrait of Habib Bourguiba at left (full name: Habib Ben Ali Bourguiba; 1903 – 2000) was a Tunisian statesman who became the country's first President of the Republic of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987. View of Sadiki College in Tunis at center. The note denomination is indicated in arabic figures and letters.
Reverse: Barrage Nebhana, water storage dam on the Melligue wadi, located about seven kilometers west of the city of Nebeur (Kef).
Watermark: Portrait of President Habib Bourguiba.
Color: Blue-green on bistre and multicolor underprint.
Dimensions: 170 x 85 mm.
Date of issue: 23.01.1984.
Date of withdrawal: 30.06.1996.
Tunisia Banknotes - Tunisia Paper Money
15.10.1980 Issue
Sadiki College
Sadiki College, also known as Collège Sadiki ("Al-Sadiqiyyah High School"), is a lycée (high school) in Tunis, Tunisia. It was established in 1875. Associations formed by its alumni played a major role in the early constitutionalist movement in the country.
Noted alumni include ex-President Habib Bourguiba, politicians Mohamed Mzali and Mustapha Ben Jafar. Another alumnus was the creative writer Mahmoud Messadi.
Sadiki historically has provided a bicultural, bilingual education. Many of the Tunisian elites, including Bourguiba, graduated from this school. These elites filled the positions of top responsibility of the Destour party. Charles A. Micaud of the The Western Political Quarterly said " its realistic strategy of struggle against colonialism became convincing even to Zitūna students, many of whom came to form the medium and lower cadres of the party." The graduates of Sadiki placed a bilingual education system in Tunisia after its independence.
Khayr al-Diyn Pacha al-Tunisi, a reformer, had founded the school in 1875. On 25 June 1958 President of Tunisia Habib Bourguiba delivered a speech at the school, declaring that in secondary schools, all subjects will eventually be taught in Arabic instead of French throughout Tunisia.