Essid Cabinet

Habib Essid Cabinet
of Tunisia
Incumbent
Date formed	February 6, 2015
People and organisations
Head of government	Habib Essid
Head of state	Beji Caid Essebsi
Total number of ministers	27
Member parties	Independent , Nidaa Tounes , Ennahda , UPL, Afek Tounes
Status in legislature	Unity government[1]
History
Election(s)	2014 Tunisian parliamentary election
Legislature term(s)	Assembly of the Representatives (2014)
Predecessor	Jomaa Cabinet (2014–15)

The cabinet of Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid was approved on 5 February 2015 by a majority of 166 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People.^[1] The unity covernment consists of 27 ministers and 14 secretaries of state^[2] and includes independents, members of Nidaa Tounes, the two liberal parties Free Patriotic Union (UPL) and Afek Tounes, and a member of the Islamist Ennahda.^[1]

Essid's first proposal, a minority government of just Nidaa Tounes and the UPL, he had brought forward on 23 January,^[3] was retracted after facing enough resistance not to be approved by a parliamentary majority.^[4]

Office	Name		Party
Prime Minister	Habib Essid		Independent
Minister of Defence	Farhat Horchani		Independent
Minister of Justice	Mohamed Salah Ben Aïssa		Independent
Minister of Interior	Mohamed Najem Gharsalli		Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Taïeb Baccouche		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Economy and Finance	Slim Chaker		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts	Selma Elloumi Rekik		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining	Zakaria Hamad		Independent
Minister of Agriculture	Saâd Seddikl		Independent
Minister of Trade	Ridha Lahouel		Independent
Minister of Social Affairs	Ahmed Ammar Younbaii		Independent
Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and ICT	Chiheb Bouden		Independent
Minister of Education	Néji Jalloul		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Health	Saïd Aïdi		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Transport	Mahmoud Ben Romdhane		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Equipment, Housing and Spatial Planning	Mohamed Salah Arfaoui		Independent
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training	Zied Ladhari		Ennahda
Minister of Religious Affairs	Othman Battikh		Independent
Minister of Women, Family and Children	Samira Merai		Afek Tounes
Minister of Culture	Latifa Lakhdar		Independent
Minister of Youth and Sports	Maher Ben Dhia		UPL
Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development	Nejib Derouiche		UPL
Ministry of Communication Technologies and the Digital Economy	Noomane Fehri		Afek Tounes
Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation	Yassine Brahim		Afek Tounes
Minister of State Property and Land Affairs	Hatem El Euchi		UPL
Minister to the head of government in charge of relations with ARP	Lazhar Akremi		Nidaa Tounes
Minister to the head of government in charge of Relations with the constitutional institutions and civil society	Kamel Jendoubi		Independent
Chief Cabinet Secretary	Ahmed Zarrouk		Nidaa Tounes

References

1. "Tunisia parliament approves unity government". Al Jazeera. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
2. Government Essid: Reliance with 166 votes , 5 February 2015.
3. Bouazza Ben Bouazza (23 January 2015). "Tunisia announces new minority government without Islamists". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
4. Amara, Tarek (25 January 2015). "Tunisia new government faces resistance before ratification vote". Reuters. Retrieved 26 January 2015.