Ghannouchi II Cabinet

Ghannouchi II Cabinet

Cabinet of Tunisia
Date formed17 January 2011
Date dissolved27 February 2011 (1 month and 10 days)
People and organisations
Head of stateFouad Mebazaa (acting)
Head of governmentMohamed Ghannouchi
Total no. of members38 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member partiesRCD, Independents, UGTT (Labour Union), Ettakatol, Ettajdid, PDP, Pirate Party
Status in legislatureNational unity government
History
Election
PredecessorGhannouchi I Cabinet (1999–2011)
SuccessorCaid Essebsi Cabinet

During the Tunisian Revolution President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled Tunisia on 14 January 2011 Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi then briefly took over as Acting President. On the morning of 15 January 2011 Ghannouchi had handed over the presidency to Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Fouad Mebazaa, This was done after the head of Tunisia's Constitutional Council, Fethi Abdennadher declared that Ghannouchi did not have right to power and confirmed Fouad Mebazaa as acting president under Article 57 of the 1959 Constitution. Ghannouchi returning to his previous position as prime minister was confirmed as prime minister by Mebazaa and formed a new national unity government on 17 January 2011 that included members of opposition parties, civil society representatives, and even a blogger who only a week previous had been imprisoned by the regime of the deposed president. On 27 February 2011 the government was dissolved and replaced by a new government led by Beji Caid Essebsi.