Youssef Chahed, 26 months and 11 reshuffles!



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Since the inauguration of his government on August 26, 2016, Youssef Chahed has made eleven reshuffles, about a reshuffle every two and a half months. This is a record in this area since independence.

Here is the timeline of departmental reshuffles as published by TAP.

August 20, 2016

The appointed head of government, Youssef Chahed, presents to the President of the Republic the composition of the Government of National Unity.

On August 26, 2016, the People's Assembly put its trust in the government of Youssef Chahed 1.

February 25, 2017

Youssef Chahed decides to reshuffle the government. He appoints Abdellatif Hamam, Secretary of State for Trade, Ahmed Adhoum, Minister of Religious Affairs, and Khalil Ghariani, Minister of Public Affairs and Governance.

On March 2, 2017, Khalil Ghariani withdraws from the portfolio of the Ministry of Public Service and Governance. The head of the government then decides to suppress this ministry and its attachment as well as its structures and institutions to the presidency of the government.

On March 16, 2017, the Assembly of People's Representatives put its trust in the two new members of the government, Ahmed Adhoum and Abdellatif Hamam.

April 30, 2017
The ministers of Education, Néji Jalloul, and Finance, Lamia Zribi, are relieved of their duties.

Slim Khalbous and Fadhel Abdelkafi, respectively Ministers of Higher Education and Development, are responsible for the interim of Education (for the first) and Finance (for the second).

In a statement issued on March 22, 2017, the extended executive board of the Tunisian General Labor Union called on the head of the government to find an alternative to the head of the Ministry of Education, blaming Néji Jalloul for the deterioration. the situation of education.

August 18, 2017

Resignation of the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation and Acting Minister of Finance, Fadhel Abdelkafi.

The head of the government, Youssef Chahed, accepts the resignation of Abdelkafi to be able to appear in court on 4 September 2017 in a case brought against him by the General Directorate of Customs and related to the financial operations of the company he represents legally.

September 6, 2017

The head of government announces a cabinet reshuffle involving 13 ministers and 7 secretaries of state. (Government Chahed II)

November 18, 2017
The head of government is making a cabinet reshuffle, appointing Imed Hammami as Minister of Health, and Slim Feriani as Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises.
The PRA gives its confidence on November 24 to the two new ministers.

December 18, 2017

The head of the government rejects the request for resignation by the members of the government of the Afek Tounes party and decides to keep them in the government of national unity.

On 16 December 2017, at the end of its national badembly, the Afek Tunis party decided to dissociate itself from the Carthage Document and to invite its representatives to the government to withdraw from their positions.

January 6, 2018

The Afek Tounes Party decides to withdraw from the document of Carthage, justifying its position by "the failure of the consensus policy between Nidaa Tounes and Ennahdha, consensus which emptied the Carthage Document of its contents and caused the deterioration of the conditions economic and social support for the Tunisian citizen ".

On January 18, 2018, the Machrouu Tounes movement announced its withdrawal from the Carthage Document and its support for the national unity government, demanding that it be changed and that a government of technocrats not involved in the upcoming elections be formed.

May 28, 2018
The President of the Republic, Béji Caïd Essebsi, decides to suspend the discussions on the "Carthage Document 2", which was launched on May 13, 2018, due to divergent positions on point 64 of the document concerning the reorganization of the government.

On May 29, 2018, Youssef Chahed accused, in a televised speech, the current leaders of the Nidaa Tounes party, led by Hafedh Caid Essebsi and his collaborators, of "destroying the party and pushing a large number of honest and competent to leave".

The head of government confirms that he does not cling to his job and is not shirking his responsibility to protect the country and to ensure security and stability. "Anyone who believes that the overthrow of the government will end the war against corruption is deluding himself," he said.

June 6, 2018

The head of the government decides to dismiss the Minister of the Interior, Lotfi Brahem, and to designate the Minister of Justice, Ghazi Jribi, as acting Minister of the Interior.

On 14 July 2018, Lotfi Brahem denies the allegations implicating him in the preparation of a coup in Tunisia in coordination with the intelligence services of the United Arab Emirates and confirms suing the French journalist Nicolas Beau and the head of the Qatari channel office "Al Jazeera" in Tunisia, accused of preparing a coup.

On June 25, 2018, the official spokesman for the government, Iyad Dahmani, declares that the decision to dismiss Brahem is motivated by the sinking of the irregular migration boat on Kerkennah Island on June 3, 2018.

Acting Minister of Justice and Interior Minister Ghazi Jribi denies the existence of material evidence or data relating to the meeting of the Minister of the Interior with a foreign intelligence chief.

July 14, 2018

Minister of Relations with Constitutional Affairs, Civil Society and Human Rights Mehdi Ben Gharbia resigns.

July 15, 2018
"If the situation continues, Youssef Chahed is obliged to resign or to appear before the Parliament and seek a vote of confidence," said the President of the Republic, Béji Caïd Essebsi, in an interview with the radio Mosaïque Fm and the Nessma television channel.

July 24, 2018

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed appoints Hichem Fourati as Minister of the Interior.

On 28 July 2018, the People's Assembly gave its confidence to the Minister of the Interior proposed by 148 votes to 13, with 8 abstentions.

August 31, 2018
The Minister of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energies, Khaled Gaddour, the Secretary of State for Mines, Hachem Hmidi, the Director General of Fuels, the CEO of the Tunisian Company of Petroleum Activities and the Director General of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Energy, are dismissed. The services of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energies are attached to the Ministry of Industry, following the granting to a Tunisian investor of the oil prospecting privilege on the coasts of Monastir with a permit having expired since 2009.

It also decides to set up a committee of experts at the head of the government to restructure the ministry and review the governance of the energy sector and to entrust the public utility control commission and the public financial control body. to open a thorough investigation within the department.

TAP

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