The first woman to head the Tunisian government

[The SC]

September 29, 2021

The Tunisian presidency announced that President Qais Saeed had assigned Najla Boden Ramadan to form the government, to be the first woman to hold this position in the Arab world, after a series of exceptional measures taken by the Tunisian president to control the lawlessness caused by the Muslim Brotherhood movement through its control of Parliament.

The Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia stated in a statement published on its Facebook page: “Pursuant to the provisions of Presidential Ordinance No. 117 of 2021 dated September 22, 2021 relating to exceptional measures, especially on Chapter 16 of it, the President of the Republic commissioned Kais Saied, today, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Mrs. Najla Boden forbade Ramadan to form a government, provided that this is done as soon as possible.

Najla Boudin Ramadan, born in 1958 in the state of Kairouan, is a professor of higher education at the National School of Engineers in Tunis, specializing in geosciences. She is currently running a plan tasked with implementing World Bank programs at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

She was appointed Director General in charge of Quality in the Ministry of Higher Education in 2011, and she also held the position of Head of the Acting According to Objectives Unit in the same Ministry, and was assigned a task in the office of the former Minister of Higher Education Shehab Boden in 2015.

Najla Bouden Ramadan is the first female head of government in the history of Tunisia.

Boden began consultations to form the new government amid serious challenges, foremost of which is the file of the economy, which has suffered a lot in light of the continuing crisis of the Corona epidemic, in addition to addressing the practices of the Brotherhood and the Renaissance movement in various state institutions and sectors.

More than 3 months ago, Tunisian President Kais Saied made a package of exceptional decisions with the aim of controlling the state of legislative lawlessness witnessed by the parliament, which is controlled by the Brotherhood's Ennahda movement, whose practices have blocked the horizon of dialogue between the components of the Tunisian people, which in turn has reflected on the economic and living conditions. to citizens.

Earlier this week, the Tunisian National Coalition Party and the Future Tunisia Movement expressed their support for President Kais Saied's decisions in two separate statements.

The Tunisian National Coalition Party considered that the issuance of these decisions is a step in the right direction in order to permanently break with the pre-July 25 system, which brought the country nothing but ruin and destruction, according to the text of the statement, noting its satisfaction with the presidential order’s affirmation of adherence to freedoms and human rights as A gain that cannot be undone.

The party called on President Kais Saied to set a time limit for the transitional period in order to give more clarity to the path that will be followed and to announce the program of the government to be formed, urging him to involve national organizations, parties, intellectuals and academics in the committee to amend the political and electoral systems as a matter of concern to all Tunisians. .

For its part, the Future Tunisia Movement, in a statement issued after its executive office meeting, today, Saturday, expressed its absolute support for the decisions announced by the President of the Republic regarding the formation of a new government and the adoption of measures to control the political and economic situation in the country.

The movement also decided to support the roadmap for the state's work in the next phase drawn up by President Qais Saeed and to work to support the popular movement that supports the decisions after July 25.

It should be noted that the Tunisian President had issued a presidential order, a week ago, to extend the exceptional measures taken pursuant to Presidential Order No. 80 of 2021 related to suspending the powers of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and lifting the parliamentary immunity of all its members, until further notice.


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