Ennahda Movement
Ridha Saidi was born on 24 November 1962 in Menzel Bourguiba. He graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis and received a master's degree in Quality Management and Productivity. While at university, he was a founding member of the students' union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET). In 1985, he joined the Islamist Tendency Movement, now known as the Ennahda Movement. He was jailed from 1991 to 2007 for his political activities.