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Saied said the main mission of the new government will be “to end the corruption and chaos that has spread to many state institutions.” – TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP
His decisions of September 22 also extended the suspension of Parliament.

Bouden, the same age as Saied at 63, is a former director of PromESsE, a higher education reform project, and has held managerial positions in the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education.

The French-trained geologist and holder of a doctorate in geological engineering is a lecturer at the national engineering school of Tunisia.

Tunisia has been regarded for decades as a regional pioneer in women’s rights, banning polygamy in 1956.

Saied is however considered socially conservative. During his 2019 phone number library presidential race, he was criticized for his opposition to an inheritance law enshrining equality between men and women.

Saied came to power in a wave of anger against the political class that has governed Tunisia since 2011, but failed to resolve pressing economic and social issues.

While many Tunisians hailed his initial takeover, more than 2,000 people demonstrated in central Tunis on Sunday to demand a return to the constitution and the resignation of Saied, accusing him of “stealing” the revolution from 2011.Russia to host first royal wedding in more than a century in lavish two-day ceremony
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