Georges Adda

Georges Adda (Arabic: جورج عدة‎) (September 22, 1916 in Tunis – September 28, 2008 in Tunis), was a Tunisian politician and trade unionist, and a former leader of the Tunisian Communist Party.

Biography

Adda was a respected figure of the Tunisian left opposition. He described himself as an Antizionist Tunisian Jew. He brought unlimited support to the liberation of Palestine, often proclaiming his support to the rights of "the martyr population in Palestine". He fought "for freedom, democracy and human rights, for defence of just causes in Tunisia and the world". He was also active in the fight for workers' rights in the Tunisian General Labour Union.

Adda was a member of the Tunisian Communist Party (PCT) from 1934. He belonged to the group which went on with the clandestine struggle after the arrest of the Neo-Destour and Communist leaders in September 1934. He was himself imprisoned by the French colonial authorities from September 1935 to April 1936. Once out of jail, he was nominated on June 1, 1936 at the National Conference of the party as Vice Secretary-General, and in charge of the Communist Youth.