Essid Cabinet

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Essid Cabinet

Cabinet of Tunisia
Date formed6 February 2015
Date dissolved27 August 2016 (1 year, 6 months and 21 days)
People and organisations
Head of stateBeji Caid Essebsi
Head of governmentHabib Essid
Total no. of members42 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member partiesIndependent , Nidaa Tounes , Ennahda , UPL, Afek Tounes
Status in legislatureUnity government[1]
History
Election(s)2014 Tunisian parliamentary election
Legislature term(s)I legislature (2014-2019)
PredecessorJomaa Cabinet (2014–2015)
SuccessorChahed Cabinet (2016–2020)

The cabinet of Tunisian Head of Government Habib Essid was approved on 5 February 2015 by a majority of 166 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People.[1] The unity government consists of 27 ministers and 14 secretaries of state[2] and includes independents, members of Nidaa Tounes, the two liberal parties Free Patriotic Union (UPL) and Afek Tounes, and a member of the Islamist Ennahda.[1]

Essid's first proposal, a minority government of just Nidaa Tounes and the UPL, he had brought forward on 23 January,[3] was retracted after facing enough resistance not to be approved by a parliamentary majority.[4]

Cabinet members[edit]

Office Name Party
Head of Government Habib Essid Independent
Minister of Defence Farhat Horchani Independent
Minister of Justice Mohamed Salah Ben Aïssa Independent
Minister of Interior Mohamed Najem Gharsalli Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs Taïeb Baccouche Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Economy and Finance Slim Chaker Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Selma Elloumi Rekik Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Zakaria Hamad Independent
Minister of Agriculture Saâd Seddik Independent
Minister of Commerce Ridha Lahouel Independent
Minister of Social Affairs Ahmed Ammar Younbaii Independent
Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and ICT Chiheb Bouden Independent
Minister of Education Néji Jalloul Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Health Saïd Aïdi Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Transport Mahmoud Ben Romdhane Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Equipment, Housing and Regional Planning Mohamed Salah Arfaoui Independent
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Zied Ladhari Ennahda
Minister of Religious Affairs Othman Battikh Independent
Minister of Women, Family and Children Samira Merai Afek Tounes
Minister of Culture Latifa Lakhdar Independent
Minister of Youth and Sports Maher Ben Dhia UPL
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Nejib Derouiche UPL
Ministry of Communication Technologies and the Digital Economy Noomane Fehri Afek Tounes
Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation Yassine Brahim Afek Tounes
Minister of State Property and Land Affairs Hatem El Euchi UPL
Minister to the head of government in charge of relations with Parliament Lazhar Akremi Nidaa Tounes
Minister to the head of government in charge of Relations with the constitutional institutions and civil society Kamel Jendoubi Independent
Chief Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Zarrouk Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State for Security Affairs Rafik Chelly Independent
Secretary of State for Local Affairs Hédi Majdoub Independent
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs M'hamed Ezzine Chelaifa Independent
Secretary of State for Arab and African Affairs Touhami Abdouli Tunisian National Movement
Secretary of State for Finance Boutheina Ben Yaghlane Ennahda
Secretary of State for Development, Investment and International Cooperation Lamia Zribi Independent
Secretary of State for International Cooperation Amel Azzouz Ennahda
Secretary of State for Emigration and Social Integration Belgacem Sabri Independent
Secretary of State in charge of the Dossier of the Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution Majdouline Cherni Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Health in charge of upgrading hospitals Nejmeddine Hamrouni Ennahda
Secretary of State to the Minister of Youth and Sports in charge of Youth Chokri Terzi Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in charge of Agricultural Production Amel Nafti Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in charge of Fisheries Youssef Chahed Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment, Housing and Regional Planning in charge of Housing Anis Ghedira Nidaa Tounes

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Tunisia parliament approves unity government". Al Jazeera. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. ^ Government Essid: Reliance with 166 votes , 5 February 2015.
  3. ^ Bouazza Ben Bouazza (23 January 2015). "Tunisia announces new minority government without Islamists". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ Amara, Tarek (25 January 2015). "Tunisia new government faces resistance before ratification vote". Reuters. Retrieved 26 January 2015.