Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014,a month after parliamentary elections. They were the first free and fair presidential elections since the country gained independence in 1956,and the first direct presidential elections after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 and the adoption of a new Constitution in January 2014.
Karoui Lazhar Chebbi is a Tunisian lawyer and politician. He became Minister of Justice in the government of Mohamed Ghannouchi. He is currently a member of the new secular political party Nidaa Tounes.
Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi was a Tunisian statesman who was the president of Tunisia from 31 December 2014 until his death on 25 July 2019. Previously,he served as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and as the prime minister from February 2011 to December 2011.
During the Tunisian Revolution,Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who acted as president of Tunisia for 23 years fled. Mohamed Ghannouchi formed a new government. Fouad Mebazaa took office in January 2011 as acting president. A new government was formed on 17 January 2011. On 27 January 2011 the government was dissolved and replaced by a new government led by Béji Caïd Essebsi.
Mohamed Aloulou is a Tunisian cardiologist and politician. He was Minister of Youth and Sports from 17 January - 1 July 2011 in the second cabinet of Mohamed Ghannouchi and continued in the same role in the following Essebsi Cabinet.
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.
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.
Mohsen Marzouk is a Tunisian politician. He holds a degree in political sociology and International Relations from the International Studies Association in Tunis.
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Tunisian Republic.
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 acting 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.
Liberalism in Tunisia or Tunisian Liberalism is a school of political ideology that encompasses various political parties in the country.
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.
Bochra Belhaj Hmida,was born in Zaghouan. She is a Tunisian lawyer and politician.
Nabil Karoui is a Tunisian politician and businessman. One of the key figures in the Tunisian media landscape,Karoui is CEO of Karoui &Karoui World and owner of the Tunisian television station Nessma. Karoui ran as a candidate in the 2019 Tunisian presidential election,finishing in second place.
The Haute Autoritéindépendante de la communication audiovisuelle,or HAICA,is a Tunisian public institution with financial and administrative autonomy,created to regulate the establishing and operation of audiovisual media outlets within the rule of law—while guaranteeing the freedom of expression,and protecting human rights. It was founded on 3 May 2013 by the order of decree number 116 of 2021 of the Tunisian Republic.
