Chahed Cabinet

The Chahed Cabinet is the 29th government of the Tunisian Republic, which was declared on 20 August 2016. The Government was approved on 27 August 2016 by a majority of 167 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People.The unity government consists of 26 ministers and 14 secretaries of state and includes independents, members of Nidaa Tounes, Ennahdha, Afek Tounes, Al-Massar, Al Joumhouri, El Moubadra, Democratic Alliance.

Chahed Cabinet
Cabinet of Tunisia
Date formed	27 August 2016
Date dissolved	27 February 2020 (3 years and 6 months)
People and organisations
Head of state	Beji Caid Essebsi, Mohamed Ennaceur (acting), Kais Saied
Head of government	Youssef Chahed
Total no. of members	41 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member parties	Independent, Nidaa Tounes, Ennahda, Afek Tounes, Al-Massar, El Moubadra, Al Joumhouri, Democratic Alliance
Status in legislature	Unity government
History
Election	2014 Tunisian parliamentary election
Legislature term	I legislature (2014-2019)
Predecessor	Essid Cabinet (2015–16)
Successor	Fakhfakh Cabinet (2020)

Cabinet members

Office	Name		Party
Head of Government	Youssef Chahed		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Interior	Hédi Majdoub		Independent
Minister of Justice	Ghazi Jeribi		Independent
Minister of Defence	Farhat Horchani		Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Khemaies Jhinaoui		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Finance	Lamia Zribi		Independent
Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation	Fadhel Abdelkefi		Independent
Minister of Education	Néji Jalloul		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and ICT	Slim Khalbous		Independent
Minister of Culture	Mohamed Zine El Abidine		Independent
Minister of Health	Samira Merai		Afek Tounes
Minister of Women, Family and Children	Neziha Labidi		El Moubadra
Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts	Selma Elloumi		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Youth and Sports	Majdouline Cherni		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries	Samir Taïeb		Al-Massar
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Zied Ladhari		Ennahda
Minister of Social Affairs	Mohamed Trabelsi		Independent
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training	Imed Hammami		Ennahda
Minister of the Local Affairs and Environment	Riadh Mouakher		Afek Tounes
Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energies	Hela Cheikhrouhou		Independent
Minister of Transport	Anis Ghedira		Nidaa Tounes
Minister of Equipment, Housing and Spatial Planning	Mohamed Salah Arfaoui		Independent
Minister of Public Service, Governance and the Fight against Corruption	Abid Briki		Independent
Minister of Religious Affairs	Abdeljalil Ben Salem		Independent
Minister of Communication Technologies and the Digital Economy	Anouar Maârouf		Ennahda
Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament	Iyed Dahmani		Al Joumhouri
Minister in charge of Relations with constitutional bodies, civil society and human rights organizations	Mehdi Ben Gharbia		Democratic Alliance
Secretary of State for Environment	Chokri Belhassen		Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State for Mines	Hachem Hmidi		Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State for Commerce	Fayçal Hafiane		Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State for Transport	Hichem Ben Ahmed		Afek Tounes
Secretary of State for Finance	Mabrouk Korchid		Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Youth and Sports in charge of Youth	Faten Kallel		Afek Tounes
Secretary of State for Sports	Imed Jabri		Nidaa Tounes
Secretary of State for Digital Economy	Habib Debbabi		Ennahda
Secretary of State for Scientific Research	Khalil Amiri		Ennahda
Secretary of State for Agricultural Production	Omar Béhi		Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Vocational Training in charge of Private Initiative	Sayida Ounissi		Ennahda
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sabri Bachtobji		Independent
Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture in charge of Water Resources and Fisheries	Abdallah Rabhi		Independent
Secretary of State in charge of Immigration and Tunisians abroad	Radhouane Ayara		Nidaa Tounes

References