Hassine Abassi is the former secretary general of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) and a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winner along with other members of the Tunisian Quartet. He has received several honors and awards, notably the Grand Officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia (2015), the Commander of the Legion of Honor of France (2015) as well as the German African Foundation Prize (2015). He was listed among the Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers (2014). He has been known for his committed stances and his support to freedom-seekers and democracy-lovers, since he was the secretary general of the Regional Labour Union of Kairouan. He was also one of the most prominent supporters of the mining basin uprising in 2008. After the Tunisian revolution of freedom, he has been working on both social and political arenas. He was the main manager of the national dialogue, which was composed of a quartet that included alongside the UGTT, the Tunisian Union of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts, the Tunisian National Bar Association and the Tunisian League for Human Rights. The National Dialogue allowed Tunisia to pave the way to its first transparent and democratic legislative and presidential elections. Hassine will be accompanied by his translator Mondher Kalai.