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2021–2022 Tunisian Political Crisis
The 2021 Tunisian self-coup occurred in Tunisia on 25 July 2021 when President Kais Saied dissolved the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and announced the dismissal of the government. The president's decisions were denounced by human rights organizations and considered by several foreign media outlets and Tunisian political entities as a self-coup. The coup came after a series of protests against the Ennahda-led government, economic difficulties, and the collapse of the Tunisian health system due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. On the day of the dismissal, Tunisian Parliament Speaker and Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi said the president's actions were an attack on democracy and called on his supporters to take to the streets to oppose it. Protests erupted in Tunisia in support of and opposition to the decisions of President Saied. Saied issued a decision imposing a month-long curfew, starting from 26 July from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. After the 30-day per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunisia
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Popular Front (Tunisia)
The Popular Front for the Realization of the Objectives of the Revolution ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحقيق أهداف الثورة; french: Front populaire pour la réalisation des objectifs de la révolution), abbreviated as the Popular Front (ej-Jabha), is a leftist political and electoral alliance in Tunisia, made up of nine political parties and numerous independents. The coalition was formed in October 2012, bringing together 12 mainly left-wing Tunisian parties including the Democratic Patriots' Unified Party, the Workers' Party, Green Tunisia, the Movement of Socialist Democrats (which has since left), the Tunisian Ba'ath Movement and , two different parties of the Iraqi branch of Ba'ath Party, and other progressive parties. The number of parties involved in the coalition has since decreased to nine. Approximately 15,000 people attended the coalition's first meeting in Tunis. History The Tunisian Revolution in 2011 saw the departure of President Zine El Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechichi Cabinet
The Mechichi Cabinet was the 31st government of the Tunisian Republic. It was formed by Hichem Mechichi on the appointment of President Kais Saied Kais Saied ( ar, قَيس سَعيد; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist, and retired law professor, and currently the 8th President of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitution .... The government was formed in 2020 and fell in 2021. Cabinet members References Cabinets of Tunisia Cabinets established in 2020 Cabinets disestablished in 2021 2020 establishments in Tunisia 2021 disestablishments in Tunisia {{Africa-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seifeddine Makhlouf
Seifeddine Makhlouf ((Arabic: سيف الدين مخلوف), born 12 August 1975) is a Tunisian lawyer and politician. Makhlouf was elected to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in 2019 and he is the spokesperson and parliamentary group leader of Dignity Coalition. Makhlouf was the Dignity Coalition candidate for the 2019 Tunisian presidential election 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 ... in which he gained 147,351 votes in the first round, or 4.37% of the vote. In June 2022, he was sentenced to a year in prison for insulting a judge. References 1975 births Living people Tunisian politicians 21st-century Tunisian lawyers Politicians from Tunis {{Tunisian-politician-stub 21st-century Tunisian politicians Tunisian criminals Candidates for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noureddine Bhiri
Noureddine Bhiri (also known as Noureddine El-Beheiry; born 10 July 1958) is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Career Born in Jebiniana, he received a Master's degree in Law and Political Science from Tunis University. He joined the Ennahda Movement in 1977. He was jailed from February to September 1987 under President Habib Bourguiba. He then worked as a lawyer in Tunis. In 1988, he praised then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In 2006, he wrote an article for ''Nawaat'' against the American-Israeli policy towards the Palestinian territories. On 20 December 2011, after former President Ben Ali was deposed, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Defence. Following the victory of Ennahdha in the election of the Constituent Assembly of October 23, 2011, during which he is elected in the constituency of Ben Arous, he becomes the December 24, 2011 Minister of Justice in the Hamadi government Jebali. He succee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Laarayedh
Ali Laarayedh ( aeb, علي العريّض, '; born 15 August 1955) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 2013 to 2014. Previously he served in the government as the Minister of the Interior from 2011 to 2013. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, Laarayedh was designated as Prime Minister in February 2013. He is a member of the Ennahda Movement. Laarayedh resigned on 9 January 2014. Early life Laarayedh was born in Medenine in 1955. Political activism Laarayedh was the spokesperson for the Ennahda Movement from 1981 until his arrest in 1990. After he was harassed by the police under President Habib Bourguiba, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, during which time he suffered torture. He was, among other techniques, threatened with HIV transfusion. His wife, Wided Lagha, was sexually abused and videotaped by officials from the Ministry of Interior. Career On 20 December 2011, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rached Ghannouchi
Rached Ghannouchi ( ar, راشد الغنوشي, Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 22 June 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician, the co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serving as its intellectual leader. He was born Rashad Khriji (). Ghannouchi was named one of ''Time'''s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012 and ''Foreign Policy'''s Top 100 Global Thinkers and was awarded the Chatham House Prize in 2012 (alongside Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki) by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, for "the successful compromises each achieved during Tunisia's democratic transition". In 2016, he received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award for "promoting Gandhian values outside India". On 13 November 2019, Ghannouchi was elected Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People. Ghannouchi narrowly survived a vote of no confidence after 97 MPs voted against him on 30 July 2020, falling short of 109 needed to oust him as Speaker o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othman Jerandi
Othman Jerandi ( ar, عثمان الجرندي; born 1951) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat currently serving as the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 2020. He previously held the role from March 2013 to January 2014. Career With a degree in communications, he started his career in 1979 in the government of Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Amara Nouira, where he worked as a First Secretary in Tunis until 1981. He then served as a Secretary in Tunisia's embassy in Kuwait, before becoming a Counsellor for the embassy, a position he held until 1988, when he became a counsellor for Tunisia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before being moved to Tunisia's mission to the United Nations, a role in which he served until 1994. From 1994 to 1997, Jerandi served as Tunisia's ambassador to Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia, residing in Lagos. He then worked as Tunisia's Director of Political, Economic and Cooperation Affairs with Africa and the African Union from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taoufik Charfeddine
Taoufik Charfeddine (Arabic: توفيق شرف الدين ) (born 24 November 1968) is a Tunisian politician. He is Minister of Interior in the Bouden Cabinet. He served in the same role in the Mechichi Cabinet The Mechichi Cabinet was the 31st government of the Tunisian Republic. It was formed by Hichem Mechichi on the appointment of President Kais Saied Kais Saied ( ar, قَيس سَعيد; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist, .... References 1968 births Living people 21st-century Tunisian politicians Independent politicians in Tunisia Interior ministers of Tunisia Tunisian Muslims University of Sousse alumni {{Tunisia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettakatol
The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties ( ar, التكتل الديمقراطي من أجل العمل والحريات, ' ; french: link=no, Forum démocratique pour le travail et les libertés), also referred to as Ettakatol or by its French acronym FDTL, is a social democratic political party in Tunisia. It was founded on 9 April 1994 and officially recognized on 25 October 2002. Its founder and Secretary-General is the radiologist Mustapha Ben Jafar. History During the rule of Ben Ali, the FDTL played only a secondary role. It was a member of the opposition 18 October Coalition for Rights and Freedoms alongside the Progressive Democratic Party, the Communist Party of Tunisian Workers and some Islamists. Although participating in legislative elections, it could not win any seats in the Tunisian parliament. Ettakatol's secretary-general Ben Jafar attempted to run for the 2009 presidential election, but was barred from the race. Elections of 2009 In 2009, Ettaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (Tunisia)
The Republican Party ( ar, الحزب الجمهوري ', french: Parti républicain) is a centrist liberal party in Tunisia. It was formed on 9 April 2012 as a merger of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), Afek Tounes and the Tunisian Republican Party, several minor parties and independents. The party is led by Maya Jribi who was previously the secretary-general of the PDP. The party held 11 out of 217 seats and was the largest oppositional party in the National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was the body in charge of devising a new Tunisian constitution for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally ( .... The party withdrew from the Union for Tunisia coalition, though it is still part of the National Salvation Front. After the founding congress, nine assemblymen elected for the PDP contested the leadership vote and temporarily suspend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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