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{{Politics of Tunisia}}
 
The '''Presidentresident of Tunisia''', formally known as the '''PresidentPpesident of the Republic of Tunisia''' ({{lang-ar|رئيس الجمهورية التونسية}}, {{lang-fr|Président de la République Tunisienne}}), is the [[head of state]] of [[Tunisia]]. Tunisia is a [[Semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]], whereby the president is the [[head of state]] and the [[prime minister]] (named [[Head of Government of Tunisia]]) is [[head of government]]. Under Article 77 of the [[Constitution of Tunisia]], the president is also the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Tunisian Armed Forces]].<ref name=engcon>{{cite book|title=THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TUNISIAN REPUBLIC (Unofficial English translation)|date=26 January 2014|publisher=UNDP and International IDEA|chapter=Title four, chapter one|url=http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/2014.01.26_-_final_constitution_english_idea_final.pdf|accessdate=15 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210602/http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/2014.01.26_-_final_constitution_english_idea_final.pdf|archivedate=23 September 2015}}</ref> The current president is [[Kais Saied]] who held this position since 23 October 2019.
 
==Elections==
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==2011 presidential transition==
Following [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]]'s ousting in January 2011, prime minister [[Mohamed Ghannouchi]] invoked article 56 of the [[Constitution of Tunisia|Constitution]] regarding temporary absence of the Presidentpresident to assume the role of acting Presidentpresident.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/01/2011114204942484776.html | title=Constitutional debate|date=14 January 2011|publisher=Aljazeera|accessdate=17 October 2019}}</ref> This move was deemed unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court hours later and President of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia|Chamber of Deputies]] [[Fouad Mebazaa]] was appointed as acting Presidentpresident based on article 57 of the Constitution regarding permanent absence of the Presidentpresident.<ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/2/8/3945/World/Region/Breaking-News-Tunisian-parliamentary-speaker-becom.aspx Ahram]</ref> On December 12, 2011, [[Moncef Marzouki]] was elected by the newly formed [[Constituent Assembly of Tunisia|Constituent Assembly]] as interim Presidentpresident of the Republic.
 
==Living former Presidentspresidents==
The three living former Tunisian Presidentspresidents are:
 
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