Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
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Cabinet of Tunisia Executive branch of the Tunisian Government | |
Style | Prime Minister (informal) His/Her Excellency (formal) |
Status | 2nd highest in executive branch |
Residence | Dar El Bey |
Seat | Tunis |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | President of Tunisia |
Term length | No term limits specified |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Tunisia |
Inaugural holder | Bahi Ladgham |
Formation | November 7, 1969 |
Salary | 8000 TND monthly[1] |
Website | www |
This page lists the holders of the office of Prime Minister of Tunisia (French: chef du gouvernement tunisien). The office was created in May 1922. Mustapha Dinguizli was Tunisia's first Prime Minister.
The Head of the Government swears to the following oath in the presence of the President:
I swear by Almighty God to work faithfully for the good of Tunisia, to respect its Constitution and laws, scrupulously to their interests and serve loyally.
SDP/DCR (8) Ennahda (2) Nidaa Tounes (1) Tahya Tounes (1) Ettakatol[2] (1) | ||||||||
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Premiership | Portrait | Prime Minister | Prior public office | Party | Election | President[3] | ||
1 | 7 November 1969 – 2 November 1970 |
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Bahi Ladgham 10 January 1913 – 13 April 1998 (Lived 85 years) |
Minister of Defence (1968) |
SDP | 1969 | Habib Bourguiba | |
2 | 2 November 1970 – 23 April 1980 |
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Hedi Nouira 5 April 1911 – 25 January 1993 (Lived 81 years) |
Minister of Finance (1955–1958) |
SDP | |||
1974 | ||||||||
1979 | ||||||||
3 | 23 April 1980 – 8 July 1986 |
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Mohammed Mzali 23 December 1925 – 23 June 2010 (Lived 84 years) |
Minister of Education (1976–1980) |
SDP | |||
1981 | ||||||||
4 | 8 July 1986 – 2 October 1987 |
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Rachid Sfar 11 September 1933 – 20 July 2023 (Lived 89 years) |
Minister of Finance (1986) |
SDP | |||
1986 | ||||||||
5 | 2 October 1987 – 7 November 1987 |
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019 (Lived 83 years) |
Minister of Interior (1986–1987) |
SDP | |||
6 | 7 November 1987 – 27 September 1989 |
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Hedi Baccouche 15 January 1930 – 21 January 2020 (Lived 90 years) |
Minister of Social affairs (1987) |
SDP | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | ||
DCR | 1989 | |||||||
7 | 27 September 1989 – 17 November 1999 |
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Hamed Karoui 30 December 1927 – 27 March 2020 (Lived 92 years) |
Minister of Justice (1987) |
DCR | |||
1994 | ||||||||
8 | 17 November 1999 – 27 February 2011 |
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Mohamed Ghannouchi 18 August 1941 |
Minister of Finance (1991–1992) |
DCR | 1999 | ||
2004 | ||||||||
2009 | ||||||||
Independent | Tunisian parliament dissolved | Fouad Mebazaa | ||||||
9 | 27 February 2011 – 24 December 2011 |
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Beji Caid Essebsi 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019 (Lived 92 years) |
Speaker of the Parliament (1990–1991) |
Independent | |||
10 | 24 December 2011 – 14 March 2013 |
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Hamadi Jebali 12 January 1949 |
No prior public office held | Ennahda | 2011 | Moncef Marzouki | |
11 | 14 March 2013 – 29 January 2014 |
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Ali Laarayedh 15 August 1955 |
Minister of the Interior (2011–2013) |
Ennahda | |||
12 | 29 January 2014 – 6 February 2015 |
Mehdi Jomaa 21 March 1962 |
Minister of Industry (2013–2014) |
Independent | ||||
13 | 6 February 2015 – 27 August 2016 |
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Habib Essid 1 June 1949 |
Minister of the Interior (2011) |
Independent | 2014 | Beji Caid Essebsi | |
14 | 27 August 2016 – 27 February 2020 |
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Youssef Chahed 18 September 1975 |
Minister of Local Affairs (2016) |
Nidaa Tounes | |||
Tahya Tounes | ||||||||
15 | 27 February 2020 – 2 September 2020 |
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Elyes Fakhfakh 1972 |
Minister of Finance (2013–2014) |
Ettakatol | 2019 | Kais Saied | |
16 | 1 September 2020 – 25 July 2021 |
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Hichem Mechichi 1974 |
Minister of the Interior (2020) |
Independent | |||
17 | 29 September 2021 – 2 August 2023 |
Najla Bouden Romdhane 1958 |
Director at the Ministry of Higher Education (2016–2021) |
Independent | ||||
18 | 2 August 2023 – Incumbent |
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Ahmed Hachani 1956 |
No prior public office held | Independent | 2023 |