French protectorate of Tunisia Protectorat français de Tunisie الحماية الفرنسية في تونس
Status | Protectorate of France
Capital | Tunis
Common languages | French Italian Berber languages Standard Arabic Tunisian Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic Turkish
Religion | Roman Catholicism Judaism Sunni Islam
Government | Constitutional 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