Habib Essid
Habib Essid ( Arabic الحبيب الصيد, DMG al-Ḥabīb aṣ-Ṣaid ; * June 1, 1949 in Sousse ) is an independent Tunisian economist and politician . From February 6, 2015 to August 26, 2016, he was Tunisian Prime Minister under President Beji Caid Essebsi and is an expert on security, economics and regional issues.
Education and administrative career
Essid earned his degree in economics at the University of Tunis in 1971. He received 1974 at the University of Minnesota ( United States ) a Master in Agricultural Economics .
Essid then joined the Tunisian administration and was responsible for irrigation in the Directorate General for Rural Areas from 1975 onwards . From 1980 Essid was head of the Irrigation Office in Gafsa and Djerid and then General Director for Regional Agriculture, from 1988 for Kairouan and from 1989 for Bizerte . From 1993 Essid was head of cabinet in the Ministry of Agriculture and until 2001 in the same position in the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior. From January 2001 to June 2003 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, responsible for fisheries until September 2002 and then for the environment.
In June 2003 he left the administration to become President-directeur général of the Trans-Sahara Pipeline Project (TRAPSA) (until November 2004). From 2004 to 2007 or 2010 Essid was Executive Director of the International Olive Council (OIC) in Madrid.
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Minister and Prime Minister after the Revolution
After the revolution in Tunisia in 2010/2011 , the interim premier Beji Caid Essebsi appointed Essid as the interior minister of his technocratic government on March 28, 2011 , after having been an advisor to the interim premier from February 2011. After the formation of the Jebali cabinet, led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda , he resigned from office at the end of 2011, but was appointed security advisor by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali on April 17, 2012.
On January 5, 2015, the party leadership of Nidaa Tounes , which won the first free parliamentary election in 2014 , agreed on the non-party Essid as a candidate for the office of prime minister. The second largest party in parliament , Ennahda , signaled no concerns about this election, so Essid could be considered a consensus candidate. Other, smaller parties such as the Popular Front expressed displeasure with this decision, as Essid was already a member of the pre-revolutionary elite. The new Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi entrusted Essid with the formation of a government on January 5, 2015, so that, according to Article 89 of the Tunisian Constitution of 2014 , Essid had one month to put together a cabinet and to face the vote of confidence of the People's Representative Assembly to be appointed by the President to be able to. The second largest party, Ennahda, announced on January 11th after meeting Essid that it would participate in his government. On January 23, Essid presented a proposal for a cabinet that would consist largely of experts, but surprisingly without Ennahda participation. In addition to the strongest party Nidaa Tounes, members of the secular UPL party , but not the Afek Tounes, belonged to the government, so that the government with 102 seats in parliament would have been seven away from its own majority: Ennahda announced that it did not want to support the government, since no clear goal and no striving for national unity are recognizable. As criticism of Essid's cabinet proposal came from the influential UGTT union as well as from the ranks of other parties and from Nidaa Tounes himself, the vote of confidence in parliament, which was scheduled for January 27, was postponed. Essid also succeeded in persuading Ennahda and Afek Tounes to participate in government, and with a new cabinet proposal won the vote of confidence in parliament on February 5, 2015 with 166 out of 217 votes. On February 6, 2015, his cabinet began working as the Tunisian government .
Essid faced increasing economic and social unrest during his tenure. His position was undermined by political maneuvers within the Nidaa Tounes party and he received criticism from the four-party governing coalition and opposition parties. On July 30, 2016, almost 18 months after taking office, Essid put the vote of confidence in parliament after Beji Caid Essebsi had previously asked him several times to resign and make way for a government of national unity. A total of 118 of the 191 MPs present expressed their distrust. Three MPs supported Habib Essid, while the rest of the MPs abstained. Essid had previously said that in the event of a possible defeat, he would prepare a smooth change of government. On August 27, 2016, he was replaced in the office of Prime Minister by Youssef Chahed , who and his cabinet had been given confidence by the People's Representatives' Assembly the day before.
Personal
Essid is married and has three children.
Web links
- Biography de Habib Essid, ministre de l'Intérieur. In: Businessnews.com.tn , March 29, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ LA TUNISIE ET LE Conseil Oléicole International. ( Memento from January 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Diplomatie.gov.tn .
- ^ Julie Butler: Olive Council 'Lacks Funds' to Represent Sector at Key Meeting. In: Olive Oil Times , February 14, 2013.
- ↑ a b Biography de Habib Essid, ministre de l'Intérieur. In: Businessnews.com.tn , March 29, 2011.
- ↑ Tunisie. Habib Essid reprend du service auprès du Gouvernement Jebali. In: Kapitalis.com , April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Pourquoi est Habib Essid pressenti pour la présidence du gouvernement. In: Leaders.com.tn , January 4, 2015.
- ^ Safa Ben Said: Habib Essid Nominated Tunisia New Prime Minister. ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Tunisia-Live.net , January 5, 2015.
- ^ Tunisia: Habib Essid Receives Ennahdha Movement Delegation Led By Ghannouchi. In: AllAfrica.com , Jan. 7, 2015; Tunisia's Ennahda Says to Participate in Essid Govt. In: Middle East Monitor , January 11, 2015.
- ^ Tunisia Premier-Designate Forms New Government Without Islamists. In: Reuters .com , January 23, 2015.
- ↑ Tunisia: Essid renegotiates as Parliament Failure Seems Imminent. In: NorthAfricaPost.com , January 27, 2015.
- ^ Tunisie: les islamistes d'Ennahda refusent le gouvernement de Habib Essid. In: MaliActu.net , January 25, 2015; Tunisie: Ennahda rejette le gouvernement d'Habib Essid. In: RFI .fr , January 26, 2015.
- ↑ Mouldi Jendoubi: UGTT: Habib Essid doit remanier. In: JawharaFM .net , January 27, 2015.
- ^ Kotti appelle Habib Essid à revoir la composition de son gouvernement. In: Businessnews.com.tn , January 25, 2015; Monia Ben Hamadi: Tunisie: Le gouvernement de Habib Essid en ballottage, le vote de confiance reporté. In: Huffington Post Maghreb , January 26, 2015.
- ↑ Imen Blioua: Political Parties React to Habib Essid Government. ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2015 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: Tunisia-Live.com , January 26, 2015.
- ^ Sarah Mersch: Unstable majority for Tunisia's new government. In: Deutsche Welle , February 5, 2015.
- ^ Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid promises growth and reforms. ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2015 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: Times of Oman , February 6, 2015 ( AFP report).
- ↑ Tunisia's prime minister loses vote of confidence in parliament. In: Tagesschau.de , accessed July 31, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Essid, Habib |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Independent Tunisian economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sousse |