Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, co-founder of the Ennahda Movement and serving as its "intellectual leader".[1] He was born Rashad Khriji (راشد الخريجي).[2]
Ghannushi was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012[3] and Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers[4] and was awarded the Chatham House Prize 2012 (alongside Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki) by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, for "the successful compromises each achieved during Tunisia's democratic transition".[5][6]