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The politics of Tunisia takes place within the framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, [1] with a president serving as head of state, prime minister as head of government, a bicameral legislature. Between 1956 and 2011, Tunisia operated as a de facto one-party state, with politics dominated by the secular ...
The 2021 Tunisian self-coup took place on 25 July 2021, when Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the government of Hichem Mechichi, suspended the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and revoked the immunity of its members. Described as a self-coup, the move came after a period of political instability marked by a series of ...
Kais Saied ( Arabic: قَيس سَعيد; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist and retired professor of law currently serving as the seventh president of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law from 1995 to 2019. Having worked in various legal and academic roles since the ...
v. t. e. Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in 2024 in Tunisia. [1] They will be the first presidential elections since president Kais Saied ’s self-coup in 2021.
Meriem Laghmani, former member of the Heart of Tunisia party, announces her candidacy in the Kef region. The "For the People to Triumph" political initiative, founded on 9 October 2022 and bringing together 25 independent candidates supporting the July 25 process, is expected to participate in the election.
On 25 July 2021, there was a political crisis in Tunisia when President Kais Saied took exceptional measures under Article 80 of the Constitution.This included the dismissal of the government of Hichem Mechichi, suspended the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and revoked the immunity of its members.
Politics of Tunisia. The Bouden Cabinet was the government of Tunisia from 2021 to 2023. It is headed by Najla Bouden, the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab world. The formation was result of ongoing political instability and an economic crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. [1]
Hichem Mechichi (Arabic: هشام المشيشي; born January 1974) is a Tunisian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia, from September 2020 to July 2021, when he was unconstitutionally dismissed by President Kais Saied who dissolved the parliament, the higher council of justice, the elected county councils, the anti-corruption commission, and monopolized all state powers.