President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People

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The President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Tunisia is the presiding officer of that body. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People is the unicameral legislature of Tunisia.

From 1956 to 1959, the Tunisian legislature was called the National Constituent Assembly, from 1959 to 1981 the National Assembly, from 1981 to 2011 the Chamber of Deputies and from 2011 to 2014 the Constituent Assembly. Since 2014, it is called the Assembly of the Representatives of the People.

From the creation of the Chamber of Advisors in 2002 until the Revolution in 2011, the Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the Parliament of Tunisia.

List

# Portrait Name Term of Office Party
Presidents of the National Constituent Assembly
1 Habib Bourguiba
الحبيب بورقيبة		 9 April 1956 15 April 1956 Neo Destour
(New Constitutional Liberal Party)
2 Jallouli Fares
الجلولي فارس		 17 April 1956 1 June 1959 Neo Destour
(New Constitutional Liberal Party)
Presidents of the National Assembly
1 Jallouli Fares
الجلولي فارس		 1 June 1959 1964 Neo Destour
(New Constitutional Liberal Party)
2 Sadok Mokaddem
الصادق المقدم		 1964 1981 Socialist Destourian Party
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
3 Mahmoud Messadi
محمود المسعدي		 November 1981 13 October 1987 Socialist Destourian Party
4 Rachid Sfar
رشيد صفر		 13 October 1987 14 October 1988 Socialist Destourian Party
5 Slaheddine Baly
صلاح الدين بالي		 14 October 1988 14 March 1990 Democratic Constitutional Rally
6 Beji Caid Essebsi
الباجي قائد السبسي		 14 March 1990 9 October 1991 Democratic Constitutional Rally
7 Habib Boularès
الحبيب بولعراس		 9 October 1991 14 October 1997 Democratic Constitutional Rally
8 Fouad Mebazaa
فؤاد المبزع		 14 October 1997 15 January 2011 Democratic Constitutional Rally
— Sahbi Karoui
الصحبي القروي (acting)		 15 January 2011 22 November 2011 Independent
President of the Constituent Assembly
1 Mustapha Ben Jafar
مصطفى بن جعفر		 22 November 2011 2 December 2014 Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties
President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
1 Mohamed Ennaceur
محمد الناصر		 4 December 2014 Incumbent Nidaa Tounes

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