Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed al-Hachani, the Tunisian presidency said. Bouden, who was the first woman to head a government in Tunisia, was “terminated” shortly before midnight on Tuesday by the president who immediately appointed al-Hachani, a little-known former human resources director at Tunisia’s central bank. Al-Hachani, who now takes over that responsibility, was sworn in before the president at Carthage Palace, according to the presidency. “Najla Bouden left in the same manner as she was appointed,” one user wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. Others pointed out that al-Hachani does not have the credentials to be the country’s prime minister.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 02, 2023 11:42 UTC