French protectorate of Tunisia

Protectorat français de Tunisie
الحماية الفرنسية في تونس
StatusProtectorate of France
CapitalTunis
Common languagesFrench
Italian
Berber languages
Standard Arabic
Tunisian Arabic
Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Turkish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Judaism
Sunni Islam
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Bey
• 1859–1882
Muhammad III as-Sadiq (first)
• 1943–1956
Muhammad VIII al-Amin (last)
Resident-General
• 1885–1886
Paul Cambon (first)
• 1954–1955
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin (last)
High Commissioner
• 1955–1956
Roger Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne
History
• Treaty of Bardo
May 12 1881
• Battle of Tunisia
1942–1943
• Independence
March 20 1956