Head of Government of Tunisia

Head of Government of the Republic of Tunisia رئيس حكومة الجمهورية التونسية Chef du gouvernement de la République tunisienne
Coat of Arms of Tunisia
Incumbent Mehdi Jomaa since 29 January 2014
Residence	Dar El Bey(fr), Tunis, Tunisia
Appointer	Moncef Marzouki, as Interim President of Tunisia
Term length	Not term limited
Inaugural holder	Mustapha Dinguizli
Formation	May 1922
Website	www.pm.gov.tn

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This page lists the holders of the office of Head of Government of Tunisia, called Prime Minister until the Revolution. The office was created in May 1922. Mustapha Dinguizli was thus Tunisia's first Prime Minister in the modern sense. Prior to that, Tunisia had traditional Muslim-style viziers.

Constitutional powers

The powers of the Head of Government are established by the current Constitution of Tunisia of 2014. Under Articles 91, 92 and 94, the Head of Government sets the State's general policy except for foreign policy and domestic security. It is responsible for:

• Creating, amending and dissolving ministries (Except ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs which require the president's approval).
• Creating, amending and dissolving public institutions, public entities and administrative departments.
• Issuing governmental decrees after consulting the Council of Ministers.
• Shall endorse and sign, where appropriate, regulatory orders issued by ministers.
• Request the parliament to give vote of confidence to its government.

Now, according to the law on the provisional organization of public authorities, the Head of Government can create or abolish departments as well as define the tasks and responsibilities of each institution under the supervision of the government. It is he who appoints senior civil servants, with the help of the Minister of the sector. He appoints the governor of the Central Bank after consultation with the President. He can also dissolve municipal councils, regional councils and local councils after seeking the advice of the President.

The Head of Government, together with the President, represent Tunisia at home and abroad.

List of heads of government of Tunisia (1800–Present)

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died) (Term)	Term of Office		Party
Grand Viziers of the Beylik of Tunis
1		Yusuf Sahib al-Tabi يوسف صاحب الطابع (c. 1765–1815)	1800	23 January 1815	Independent
Vacant (23 January 1815–1822)
2		Husain Khoja حسين خوجة (?–1857)	1822	1829	Independent
3		Rashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a شاكير صاحب الطابع (c. 1790–1837)	1829	1837	Independent
4		Mustapha Khaznadar مصطفى خزندار (1817–1878)	1837	22 October 1873	Independent
5		Hayreddin Pasha خير الدين باشا التونسي (1822–1890)	22 October 1873	21 July 1877	Independent
6		Mohamed Khaznadar محمد خزندار (c. 1810–1889) (1st Term)	21 July 1877	24 August 1878	Independent
7		Mustapha Ben Ismail أبو النخبة مصطفى بن اسماعيل (c. 1850–1887)	24 August 1878	12 September 1881	Independent
(6)		Mohamed Khaznadar محمد خزندار (c. 1810–1889) (2nd Term)	12 September 1881	October 1882	Independent
8		Aziz Bouattour محمد العزيز بوعتور (1825–1907)	October 1882	4 February 1907	Independent
9		M'hamed Djellouli امحمّد جلولي (1834–1908)	18 February 1907	June 1908[1]	Independent
10		Youssef Djait يوسف جعيط (1830–1915)	June 1908	June 1915	Independent
11		Taïeb Djellouli الطيب جلولي (1857–1944)	October 1915	May 1922	Independent
Prime Ministers of the Beylik of Tunis
1		Mustapha Dinguizli مصطفى الدنقزلي (1865–1926)	May 1922	20 October 1926[1]	Independent
2		Khelil Bouhageb خليل بوحاجب (1863–1942)	3 November 1926	2 March 1932	Independent
3		Hédi Lakhoua (1872–1949)	2 March 1932	31 December 1942	Independent
4		Mohamed Chenik محمد شنيق (1889–1976) (1st Term)	1 January 1943	15 May 1943	Independent
5		Slaheddine Baccouche صلاح الدين البكوش (1883–1959) (1st Term)	15 May 1943	21 July 1947	Independent
6		Mustapha Kaak مصطفى الكعاك (1893–1984)	21 July 1947	17 August 1950	Independent
(4)		Mohamed Chenik محمد شنيق (1889–1976) (2nd Term)	17 August 1950	26 March 1952	Independent
(5)		Slaheddine Baccouche صلاح الدين البكوش (1883–1959) (2nd Term)	12 April 1952	2 March 1954	Independent
7		Mohamed Salah Mzali (1896–1984)	2 March 1954	6 July 1954	Independent
—		Georges Dupoizat (1909–1975) (Acting Prime Minister)	6 July 1954	7 August 1954	Independent
8		Tahar Ben Ammar الطاهر بن عمار (1889–1985)	7 August 1954	20 March 1956	Destour (Constitutional Liberal Party)
Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Tunisia
(8)		Tahar Ben Ammar الطاهر بن عمار (1889–1985)	20 March 1956	11 April 1956	Destour (Constitutional Liberal Party)
9		Habib Bourguiba حبيب بورقيبة (1903–2000)	11 April 1956	25 July 1957[2]	Neo Destour (New Constitutional Liberal Party)
Prime Ministers of the Republic of Tunisia
Post abolished (25 July 1957–7 November 1969)[3]
10		Bahi Ladgham الباهي الأدغم (1913–1998)	7 November 1969	2 November 1970	Socialist Destourian Party
11		Hedi Amara Nouira الهادي نويرة (1911–1993)	2 November 1970	23 April 1980	Socialist Destourian Party
12		Mohammed Mzali محمد مزالي (1925–2010)	23 April 1980	8 July 1986	Socialist Destourian Party
13		Rachid Sfar رشيد صفر (b. 1933)	8 July 1986	2 October 1987	Socialist Destourian Party
14		Zine El Abidine Ben Ali زين العابدين بن علي (b. 1936)	2 October 1987	7 November 1987[4]	Socialist Destourian Party
15		Hédi Baccouche الهادي البكوش (b. 1930)	7 November 1987	27 February 1988	Socialist Destourian Party
(15)			27 February 1988	27 September 1989	Constitutional Democratic Rally
16		Hamed Karoui حامد القروي (b. 1927)	27 September 1989	17 November 1999	Constitutional Democratic Rally
17		Mohamed Ghannouchi محمد الغنوشي (b. 1941)	17 November 1999	18 January 2011[5]	Constitutional Democratic Rally
(17)			18 January 2011	27 February 2011[6]	Independent
18		Beji Caid Essebsi الباجي قائد السبسي (b. 1926)	27 February 2011	24 December 2011	Independent
Heads of Government of the Republic of Tunisia
19		Hamadi Jebali حمادي الجبالي (b. 1949)	24 December 2011	14 March 2013	Ennahda Movement
20		Ali Laarayedh علي العريّض (b. 1955)	14 March 2013	29 January 2014[7]	Ennahda Movement
21		Mehdi Jomaa مهدي جمعة (b. 1962)	29 January 2014[7]	Incumbent	Independent

Footnotes

See also

• List of Beys of Tunis
• List of Presidents of Tunisia

External links

• World Statesmen - Tunisia