Prime Minister of Tunisia

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The Prime Minister of Tunisia is the head of government of Tunisia. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Tunisia. The incumbent Prime Minister is Mohammed Ghannouchi. Since independence, the Prime Minister, like Presidents Bourguiba and Ben Ali, has been a member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally.

[edit] Prime Ministers of the Beylik and Kingdom of Tunisia (1800-1957)

Name	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Yusuf Sahib al-Tabi	1800	23 January 1815
Husain Khoja	1822	1829
Rashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a	1829	1837
Mustapha Khaznadar	1837	22 October 1873
Kheireddine Pacha	22 October 1873	21 July 1877
Mohamed Khaznadar (1st time)	21 July 1877	24 August 1878
Mustapha Ben Ismail	24 August 1878	12 September 1881
Mohamed Khaznadar (2nd time)	12 September 1881	October 1882
Aziz Bouattour	October 1882	4 February 1907
Mohamed Djellouli	18 February 1907	June 1908
Youssef Djait	June 1908	June 1915
Taieb Djellouli	October 1915	May 1922
Mustapha Dinguizli	May 1922	20 October 1926
Khelil Bouhageb	3 November 1926	2 March 1932
Hedi Lakhoua	2 March 1932	31 December 1942
Mohamed Chenik (1st time)	1 January 1943	15 May 1943
Slaheddine Baccouche (1st time)	15 May 1943	21 July 1947
Mustapha Kaak	21 July 1947	17 August 1950
Mohamed Chenik (2nd time)	17 August 1950	26 March 1952
Slaheddine Baccouche (2nd time)	12 April 1952	2 March 1954
Mohamed Salah Mzali	2 March 1954	6 July 1954
Georges Dupoizat (acting)	6 July 1954	7 August 1954
Tahar Ben Ammar	7 August 1954	11 April 1956
Habib Bourguiba	11 April 1956	25 July 1957	Neo-Destour Party

[edit] Prime Ministers of the Republic of Tunisia (1957-Present)

Name	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Vacant	25 July 1957	19 October 1969
Bahi Ladgham	19 October 1969	2 November 1970	Socialist Destourian Party
Hedi Nouira	2 November 1970	23 April 1980	Socialist Destourian Party
Mohammed Mzali	23 April 1980	8 July 1986	Socialist Destourian Party
Rachid Sfar	8 July 1986	2 October 1987	Socialist Destourian Party
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali	2 October 1987	7 November 1987	Socialist Destourian Party
Hédi Baccouche	7 November 1987	27 September 1989	Socialist Destourian Party (until 1988), Constitutional Democratic Rally (since 1988)
Hamed Karoui	27 September 1989	17 November 1999	Constitutional Democratic Rally
Mohammed Ghannouchi	17 November 1999	Present	Constitutional Democratic Rally