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Abdelkefi was born in Tunis on 1 March 1941; his father was a farmer and merchant, originally from Sfax, and his mother was of Turkish origin. He spent his childhood in the medina of Tunis and, after studying at primary Sadiki College, he enrolled at the Lycee Carnot where he earned a bachelor of science. In 1959 he left for France to attend the University of Paris I where he graduated with degree in economics in 1963. The following year he was admitted to the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.