Higher Political Reform Commission

The Higher Political Reform Commission (Arabic: اللجنا العليا للإصلاح السياسي‎) of Tunisia was formed on January 17, 2011 by Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Prime Minister of Tunisia.[1] Its president is Yadh Ben Achour, legal expert and son of the late Grand Mufti of Tunisia Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour. The Reform Commission is one of three committees formed by Ghannouchi to reform the government of Tunisia in 2011.

The Commission was charged with overseeing legal and constitutional reform in post-Ben Ali Tunisia.[2], and been merged with the revolutionnary Comité de protection de la révolution to form the Haute instance pour la réalisation des objectifs de la révolution, de la réforme politique et de la transition démocratique (Arabic: الهيئة العليا لتحقيق أهداف الثورة والاصلاح السياسي والانتقال الديمقراطي‎).

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