Rached Ghannouchi

Rached Ghannouchi (Arabic: راشد الغنوشي Rāshid al-Ghannūshī; born 22 June 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician. He is the co-founder of the Ennahdha Party.^[1]

Rached Ghannouchi راشد الغنوشي
Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 November 2019
President	Kais Saied
Prime Minister	Youssef Chahed Elyes Fakhfakh Hichem Mechichi
Preceded by	Abdelfattah Mourou (interim)
President of Ennahda Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1991
Preceded by	Walid Bennani
Personal details
Born	Rashad Khriji (1941-06-22) 22 June 1941 (age 83) El Hamma, Tunisia
Political party	Ennahda Movement
Father	Sheikh Muhammad
Alma mater	Cairo University Damascus University
Website	www.rachedelghannouchi.com

Ghannouchi was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012.^[2]

On 13 November 2019, Ghannouchi was elected Speaker of the House.^[3] Ghannouchi narrowly survived a vote of no confidence after 97 MPs voted against him on 30 July 2020.^[4]

References

1. Feldman, Noah (2011-10-30). "Islamists' Victory in Tunisia a Win for Democracy: Noah Feldman". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
2. "TIME 100: The List". Time. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
3. "Tunisia parliament elects Ennahdha's Rachid Ghannouchi as speaker". www.aljazeera.com.
4. "Tunisia's parliament speaker narrowly survives confidence vote". www.aljazeera.com.