Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday in a bid to solve the country’s political and economic crisis. Chahed named 10 new ministers but did not change several key posts, including the ministries of Finance, Interior, Defense and Foreign Affairs. The move comes amid mounting pressure against Chahed’s government amid the economic crisis plaguing the country. President Beji Caid Essebsi has rejected the reshuffle, further deepening the rift between the former allies. Read More
Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi on Thursday agreed to swear in new ministers as part of a Cabinet reshuffle, reversing course from his previous refusal to do so. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced a Cabinet reshuffle and named 10 new ministers on Monday amid a political and economic crisis. But Essebsi initially rejected the reshuffle, further deepening the rift between the former political allies. “I have no problem with the prime minister, but I dislike the handling of his reshuffle,” Essebsi told reporters on Thursday. The president’s son Hafedh Caid Essebsi is the head of Chahed’s Nidaa Tounes party and has blamed the prime minister for Tunisia’s economic woes. Read More
A woman has been appointed as head of the Presidential Diwan for the first time since Tunisia’s 1965 independence.