Ghannouchi II government

Mohamed Ghannouchi, 2008

The Mohamed Ghannouchi II government was the “Government of National Unity” in Tunisia , which was formed on January 17, 2011. This happened in the wake of the revolution in Tunisia 2010/2011 which began in December 2010.

She was replaced on March 7, 2011 by the Essebsi cabinet .

Change and continuity

Government Square

Unlike the previous government, the Ministry of Communications was abolished. The Ministers for National Defense, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Finance kept their areas of responsibility.

Composition, after nomination on January 17th

Government of National Unity

Department / Office	Official	Party or organization
prime minister	Mohamed Ghannouchi	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister of Justice	Lazhar Karoui Chebbi
Minister for National Defense	Ridha Grira	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Camel Morjane	independent, RCD when taking office
Interior minister	Ahmed Friaâ	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Religious Affairs	Larbi Mizouri
Minister for Regional and Local Development	Ahmed Néjib Chebbi	PDP
Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research	Ahmed Brahim	Ettajdid
Minister of Public Health	Mustafa Ben Jaafar resigned	FDTL
Minister for Commerce and Tourism	Mohamed Jegham	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister of Education , Government Spokesman	Taïeb Baccouche	UGTT
Minister for Social Affairs	Moncer Rouissi	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Agriculture and the Environment	Habib M'barek	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Planning and International Cooperation	Mohamed Nouri Jouini	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Industry and Technology	Afif Chelbi	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister at the Prime Minister responsible for administrative development	Zouheir M'dhaffer resigned	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister of Finance	Ridha Chalghoum	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister of Culture	Moufida Tlatli	independent
Minister for Women's Affairs	Lilia Labidi
Minister for Transport and Public Works	Slaheddine Malouche	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Education and Employment	Houssine Dimassi resigned	UGTT
Minister for Youth and Sport	Mohamed Aloulou
Minister to the Prime Minister	Abdeljelil Bédoui resigned	UGTT
Chief Secretary of the Government	Abdelhakim Bouraoui	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs	Ahmed Ounaies	ex- PSD
State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs	Radhouane Nouisser
State Secretary to the Minister for Regional and Local Development	Néjib Karafi
State Secretary to the Minister for Universities	Faouzia Charfi
State Secretary to the Minister for Universities and Scientific Research, responsible for scientific research	Rifaat Chaabouni	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Public Health	Lamine Moulahi
State Secretary to the Minister for Planning and International Cooperation	Abdelhamid Triki	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Technology, responsible for energy	Abdelaziz Rassaa	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Technology, responsible for communications technology	Sami Zaoui	independent
State Secretary to the Minister of Finance, responsible for taxes	Moncef Bouden	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister of Finance, responsible for state property	Ahmed Adhoum
State Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, responsible for Tourism	Slim chaker
State Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Public Works	Anouar Ben Gueddour resigned	UGTT
State Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and the Environment	Salem Hamdi
State Secretary to the Minister for Youth and Sport	Slim amamou

Sami Zaoui chairs the Association des Tunisiens des grandes écoles (ATUGE).

Related Appointments

Other appointments

function	Surname
Governor of the Banque centrale	Mustapha camel Nabli
President of the Commission supérieure de réforme politique	Yadh Ben Achour
President of the Commission nationale d'établissement des faits sur les abus durant la dernière période	Taoufik Bouderbala
President of the Commission nationale d'établissement des faits sur les affaires de malversation et de corruption	Abdelfattah Cupid

Resignations

Minister of the Opposition

On January 18, 2011, the three ministers of the Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT) Houssine Dimassi , Abdeljelil Bédoui and Anouar Ben Gueddour resigned together.

On the same day, Mustafa Ben Jaafar also resigned from the Forum démocratique pour le travail et les libertés (FDTL).

Members of the RCD

Following the various demands that followed the formation of this government, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and the interim President Fouad Mebazaa resigned their membership in the Constitutional Democratic Collection (RCD). On January 20, all remaining ministers in the RCD followed suit. On the same day, one of them, Zuhair M'dhaffer, in charge of administrative reform, also resigned from his ministerial post.

New composition

(after government reshuffle on January 27, 2011)

Government of National Unity

Department / Office	Official	Party or organization
prime minister	Mohamed Ghannouchi	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for National Defense	Abdelkarim Zebidi	?
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Moudi Kefi
Interior minister	Farhat Rajhi	?
Minister of Justice	Lazhar Karoui Chebbi
Minister for Religious Affairs	Laroussi Mizouri
Minister for Regional and Local Development	Ahmed Néjib Chebbi	PDP
Minister of Education , Government Spokesman	Taïeb Baccouche	UGTT
Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research	Ahmed Brahim	Ettajdid
Minister of Public Health	Habiba Zehi	?
Minister for Commerce and Tourism	Mehdi Houas	?
Minister for Social Affairs	Mohamed Ennaceur
Minister for Agriculture and the Environment	Mokhtar Jalleli	?
Minister for Planning and International Cooperation	Mohamed Nouri Jouini	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister for Industry and Technology	Mohamed Afif Chelbi	independent, RCD when taking office
Minister of Finance	Jelloul Ayed	?
Minister of Culture	Ezzedine Bach Chaouech
Minister for Women's Affairs	Lilia Labidi
Minister for Transport and Public Works	Yacine Ibrahim	?
Minister for Education and Employment	Said Aydi	?
Minister for Youth and Sport	Mohamed Aloulou
Minister at the Prime Minister responsible for economic and social reforms and coordination with the relevant ministers	Elyes Jouini	?

not mentioned in the source

Department / Office	Official	Party or organization
Chief Secretary of the Government	Abdelhakim Bouraoui	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs	Ahmed Ounaies	ex- PSD
State Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs	Radhouane Nouisser
State Secretary to the Minister for Regional and Local Development	Néjib Karafi
State Secretary to the Minister for Universities	Faouzia Charfi
State Secretary to the Minister for Universities and Scientific Research, responsible for scientific research	Rifaat Chaabouni	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Public Health	Lamine Moulahi
State Secretary to the Minister for Planning and International Cooperation	Abdelhamid Triki	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Technology, responsible for energy	Abdelaziz Rassaa	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Technology, responsible for communications technology	Sami Zaoui	independent
State Secretary to the Minister of Finance, responsible for taxes	Moncef Bouden	independent, RCD when taking office
State Secretary to the Minister of Finance, responsible for state property	Ahmed Adhoum
State Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, responsible for Tourism	Slim chaker
State Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Public Works	Anouar Ben Gueddour resigned	UGTT
State Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture and the Environment	Salem Hamdi
State Secretary to the Minister for Youth and Sport	Slim amamou

Sami Zaoui chairs the Association des Tunisiens des grandes écoles (ATUGE).

Web links

• french website of the prime minister
• french government website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tunisie: La composition du gouvernement d'union nationale. ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Associated Press. January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011 
2. ↑ ^{a b} TUNISIE - Un ministre de l'ancien régime démissionne du nouveau gouvernement. In: Le Point . January 20, 2011.
3. ↑ La Révolution en Tunisie. En direct. Tunisie: trois ministres démissionnent. In: Le Parisien. January 18, 2011
4. ^ Tunisie: le government déjà en suspens. ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: Europe January 1st, 18th 2011 
5. ↑ Le gouvernement tunisien fragilisé par plusieurs départs. In: Le Figaro , January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011
6. ^ Tunisia: Ministers leave ruling party RCD. on: stern.de , January 20, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011
7. ^ Nouvelle Composition du Gouvernement d'Union nationale