Events in the year 2023 in Tunisia.
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Incumbents
edit- President: Kais Saied
- Prime Minister:
- Najla Bouden (until August 2, 2023)
- Ahmed Hachani (from August 2, 2023)
- President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Ibrahim Bouderbala
- Government:
- Bouden Cabinet (until August 2, 2023)
- Hachani Cabinet (from August 2, 2023)
Events
edit- 6 January - Fadhila Rebhi is sacked as Minister of Trade and Export Development.[1]
- 7 January - Five people are killed and ten others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia.[2]
- 29 January - Second round of the Tunisian parliamentary election: Tunisians elect the members of the third Assembly of the Representatives of the People in a run-off. The electoral board reports a voter turnout of 11.3 percent as most opposition parties boycott the election.[3]
- 21 February - Kais Saied's hate speech against Black African migrants.[4]
- 9 March - Fourteen people are killed and 54 others are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia.[5]
- 23 March - 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disaster: Five people are killed when migrant boats sink off the coast of Sfax.[6]
- 26 March - At least 29 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when two boats sink off the coast.[7]
- 2 August - Tunisian President Kais Saied appoints Ahmed Hachani as prime minister after dismissing Najla Bouden, the first female prime minister in the Arab world, from the role.[8]
- 9 August - 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters: Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from Sfax, Tunisia, capsizes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy.[9]
- 14 August - Five people are killed and seven others missing after a boat carrying 35 migrants from Sfax, sinks in the Mediterranean Sea.[10]
- 17 October - Kaïs Saïed asked Minister of Finance Sihem Boughdiri to assume the portfolio of interim Minister of Economy and Planning following the dismissal of Samir Saïed from the position.[11]
- 16 December - Three people are killed and two others injured when a wall of the Gate of Floggers collapses while it is being renovated in Kairouan.[12]
Sports
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Tunisian president sacks trade minister - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Five dead after boat carrying refugees sinks off Tunisia's coast". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout". RFI. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ^ "Racist Attacks, Criticism of Tunisia's President Mount After Controversial Remarks". VOA news. 2023-03-02.
- ^ "14 dead, 54 rescued off Tunisia in migrant boat sinking". AP NEWS. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "Migrant boats sink off Tunisia; five dead, at least 33 missing". Reuters. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ "Dozens of migrants killed in latest boat disaster off Tunisia". France 24. 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Tunisian president names Ahmed Hachani as prime minister, replacing Bouden | Politics". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Lampedusa". BBC News. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- ^ "Five dead, seven missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia". RFI. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ "En Tunisie, Kaïs Saïed limoge le ministre de l'Économie". Jeune Afrique (in French). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2023-12-16. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-18.