Kamel Morjane,also spelled Kemal Mourjan,is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011. After the Tunisian Revolution,he was designated as the Minister of the Public Service.
Habib Essid is a Tunisian politician who was Head of Government of Tunisia from 6 February 2015 to 27 August 2016. He was the first Head of Government to be appointed following the adoption of the new constitution and thus considered to be the first Head of Government of the Second Tunisian Republic. He previously served as Minister of the Interior in 2011.
Afek Tounes is a centre-right political party in Tunisia. Its program is liberal,focusing on secularism and civil liberties. The party mainly appealed to intellectuals and the upper class.
Nidaa Tounes is a big tent secularist political party in Tunisia. After being founded in 2012,the party won a plurality of seats in the October 2014 parliamentary election. The party's founding leader Beji Caid Essebsi was elected President of Tunisia in the 2014 presidential election.
Parliamentary elections were held in Tunisia on 26 October 2014. Campaigning started on 4 October 2014. They were the first free regular legislative elections since independence in 1956,and the first elections held following the adoption of the new constitution in January 2014,which created a 217-seat Assembly of the Representatives of the People. According to preliminary results,Nidaa Tounes gained a plurality of votes,winning 85 seats in the 217-seat parliament,beating the Ennahda Movement and many smaller parties.
The cabinet of Tunisian Head of Government Habib Essid was approved on 5 February 2015 by a majority of 166 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People. The unity government consists of 27 ministers and 14 secretaries of state and includes independents,members of Nidaa Tounes,the two liberal parties Free Patriotic Union (UPL) and Afek Tounes,and a member of the Islamist Ennahda.
Yassine Brahim is a Tunisian engineer,manager and politician. Leader of the secular liberal Afek Tounes party,he was appointed Minister of Development,Investment and International Cooperation in February 2015.
Selma Elloumi Rekik is originally from Tunis. She is a businesswoman,Tunisian politician and was a member of Nidaa Tounes,though she currently is part of Al Amal.
Ridha Belhaj,is a Tunisian lawyer,senior official and politician.
Mohamed Ennaceur is a Tunisian politician who served as the 6th president of Tunisia for 91 days,from President Beji Caid Essebsi's death on 25 July 2019 until he handed over the presidency to Kais Saied as the winner of the 2019 Tunisian presidential election on 23 October 2019. Since 2014,he has also been the President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and leader of the governing Nidaa Tounes party. Previously,he served as Minister of Social Affairs in the 1970s and 1980s under President Habib Bourguiba and again in 2011 in the transitional Ghannouchi and Essebsi governments.
Youssef Chahed is a Tunisian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. Previously he was Secretary of State for Fishing from 2015 to 2016 and Minister of Local Affairs in 2016. He was a member of the Nidaa Tounes party until he formed Tahya Tounes. By profession,he is an agricultural engineer,researcher and university professor. He was elected president of the newly founded Tahya Tounes party on 2 June 2019.
The Chahed Cabinet is the 29th government of the Tunisian Republic,which was declared on 20 August 2016. The Government was approved on 27 August 2016 by a majority of 167 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People.The unity government consists of 26 ministers and 14 secretaries of state and includes independents,members of Nidaa Tounes,Ennahdha,Afek Tounes,Al-Massar,Al Joumhouri,El Moubadra,Democratic Alliance.
Sayida Ounissi is a Tunisian politician representing the party of Ennahdha. She currently serves as Secretary of State for Vocational Training.
Faten Kallel,is a Tunisian politician who serves as the Secretary of State,Ministry of Youth and Sports since 27 August 2016. She is a member of the political party Afek Tounes.
Majdouline Cherni is a Tunisian architect and politician who was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2016 to 2018.
Liberalism in Tunisia,or Tunisian Liberalism,is a school of political ideology that encompasses various political parties in the country.
Slim Chaker was a Tunisian politician who served as the Minister of Health from September,12 to October 8,2017 before his death. A member of Nidaa Tounes,he was the minister of Youth and Sports from July 1,until December 24,2011,within the government of Beji Caid Essebsi.
Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019,the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution. The elections had originally been planned for 17 and 24 November,but were brought forward after the death of incumbent President Beji Caid Essebsi on 25 July to ensure that a new president would take office within 90 days,as required by the constitution.
Events in the year 2019 in Tunisia.
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in the Tunisian Republic.
