Essid Cabinet | |
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 Cabinet of Tunisia | |
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| Date formed | 6 February 2015 |
| Date dissolved | 27 August 2016 (1 year, 6 months and 21 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Beji Caid Essebsi |
| Head of government | Habib Essid |
| Total no. of members | 42 (incl. Prime Minister) |
| Member parties | Independent, Nidaa Tounes, Ennahda, UPL, Afek Tounes |
| Status in legislature | Unity government[1] |
| History | |
| Election | 2014 Tunisian parliamentary election |
| Legislature term | I legislature (2014-2019) |
| Predecessor | Jomaa Cabinet (2014–2015) |
| Successor | Chahed Cabinet (2016–2020) |
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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first proposal, a minority government of just Nidaa Tounes and the UPL, he had brought forward on 23 January,[3] was retracted after facing enough resistance not to be approved by a parliamentary majority.[4]
- ^ a b c "Tunisia parliament approves unity government". Al Jazeera. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Government Essid: Reliance with 166 votes , 5 February 2015.
- ^ Bouazza Ben Bouazza (23 January 2015). "Tunisia announces new minority government without Islamists". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ Amara, Tarek (25 January 2015). "Tunisia new government faces resistance before ratification vote". Reuters. Retrieved 26 January 2015.