Tunisia named a new government on Monday, 11 weeks after President Kais Saied sacked the previous prime minister, suspended parliament, and assumed executive power in moves his foes call a coup.
Prime Minister Najla Bouden, who was appointed earlier this month, kept in place several of the interim ministers Saied had already appointed including Sihem Boughdiri as finance minister and Othman Jerandi as foreign minister.
She also named, in a live broadcast ceremony, Samir Said as economy and planning minister and Taoufik Charfeddine as interior minister.
The appointment of a new government has been urgently requested by both Tunisian political players and foreign donors for weeks and Saied has said he would after its appointment launch a dialogue about the future.
On September 29, Saied named Bouden, a little-known university engineer with World Bank experience, as prime minister nearly two months after he seized most powers in a move his foes call a coup.
Bouden, Tunisia’s first woman prime minister, took office at a moment of crisis, with the democratic gains won in a 2011 revolution in doubt and as a major threat looms to public finances.
