The Central Bank of Tunisia has placed into circulation (21st December 2017) a new 20-dinar bank note featuring a portrait of Farhat Hached (1914-1952), a Tunisian trade unionist who was also one of the leaders of the pro-independence Tunisian national movement, along with Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000), first president of Tunisia, and Salah ben Youssef (1907–1961), another key leader of the Tunisian national movement. For decades after the death of Hached, often referred to as “the Martyr,” it was thought that he had been assassinated by a group called “La Main Rouge” (The Red Hand), an armed organisation whose perceived aim was thought to favour a continued French presence in Tunisia