Essebsi cabinet

The Essebsi cabinet was the third government in Tunisia since the overthrow of the autocrat Ben Ali during the 2011 revolution . The cabinet was presented on March 7, 2011 as a transitional government and replaced the Ghannouchi II cabinet . It was headed by Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi and was responsible, among other things, for stabilizing the political situation that had been disordered by the revolution and for organizing democratic elections.

These first democratic elections in the country took the form of the November 2011 election to a constituent assembly . This meeting replaced Essebsi as prime minister on December 24, 2011 by electing Hamadi Jebali of the moderate Islamist Ennahda as the new head of government.

composition

The cabinet (apart from Prime Minister Essebsi) consisted only of technocrats who did not hold high political offices under Ben Ali. Several members of the opposition left the government because membership in the cabinet made it compulsory not to vote in the elections for the constituent assembly and president.

• Prime Minister: Beji Caid Essebsi
• Foreign Minister: Mohamed Mouldi Kefi
• Defense Minister: Abdelkrim Zbidi
• Interior Minister: Farhat Rajhi (until March 28, 2011); Habib Essid (from March 28, 2011)
• Finance Minister: Jalloul Ayed
• Minister of Justice: Lazhar Karoui Chebbi
• Minister of Social Affairs: Mohamed Ennaceur
• Minister for Religious Affairs: Laroussi Mizouri
• Minister of Education: Taieb Baccouche
• Minister of Culture: Azedine Beschaouch
• Science Minister: Ahmed Brahim (until March 27, 2011); Refâat Chaâbouni (from March 27, 2011)
• Health Minister: Habiba Zéhi Ben Romdhane (until July 1, 2011); Slaheddine Sellami (from July 1, 2011)
• Trade Minister: Mehdi Houas
• Agriculture and Environment Minister: Mokhtar Jallali
• Minister for Women: Lilia Labidi
• Transport Minister : Yassine Brahim (until June 17, 2011); Salem Miladi (from July 1, 2011)
• Minister of Employment: Mohamed Ridha Farès (from July 1, 2011, previously accompanied by Yassine Brahim)
• Labor Minister: Said Aidi
• Youth and Sport Minister: Mohamed Aloulou (until July 1, 2011); Slim Chaker (from July 1, 2011)

• State Secretary for Youth and Sport: Slim Amamou (until May 24, 2011); Myriam Mizouni (from July 1, 2011)
• State Secretary for Tourism: Slim Chaker (until July 1, 2011); Béchir Zaâfouri (from July 1, 2011)

activities

Immediately after it was founded, it was decided to dissolve the State Security Authority.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} New cabinet appointed in Tunisia. In: ORF.at .
2. ↑ Reiner Wandler: Secret police fired. In: the daily newspaper . March 8, 2011, accessed March 9, 2011 .