List of prime ministers of Tunisia

The prime minister of Tunisia is the head of government of Tunisia since the creation of the office in 1759 till its abolition in 1957 with the proclamation of the republic. The office was revived in 1969 under the Republican system. There have been 44 prime ministers of Tunisia since the office came into existence in 1759.

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The office existed before independence as the Monarch appoint a prime minister to be the head of government. Rejeb Khaznadar was the first prime minister in the history of Tunisia in 1759.

After the abolition of monarchy, the 1959 Constitution of Tunisia established a presidential system where the president was both the head of state and the head of government. On November 1969, President Habib Bourguiba brought back the position by appointing Bahi Ladgham to be the first prime minister under the republican system.

Before the 2011 revolution, the role of the prime minister was limited to assisting the president. With the adoption of the new constitution in 2014, the constitutional powers expanded, making the prime minister responsible of major domestic policies.

The youngest person to become prime minister was Mustapha Ben Ismail in 1878 at 28 years of age while the oldest was Beji Caid Essebsi in 2011 at 85 years of age. The term of Mohammed Aziz Bouattour (1882–1907) is the longest for a prime minister, with a period of nearly 25 years, while Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's term (1987) is the shortest with 36 days.

Three prime ministers became presidents afterwards: Habib Bourguiba, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Beji Caid Essebsi.

There are currently seven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die is Rachid Sfar on 20 July 2023.

List of prime ministers

Monarchy
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Election Monarch
(Bey / King)
1 Rejeb Khaznadar
رجب خزندار
(c. 1720–1797)		 •12 February 175926 May 1782 Independent None Ali II
علي الثاني

(1759–1782)
2 Moustapha Khodja
مصطفى خوجة
(c. 1720–1800)		 •26 May 17821800 Independent Hammouda I
حمودة الأول

(1782–1814)
3 Youssef Saheb Ettabaa
يوسف صاحب الطابع
(c. 1765–1815)		 •180023 January 1815 Independent Othman I
عثمان الأول

(1814)
4 Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk Khaznadar
محمد العربي زروق خزندار
(1760–1822)		 •18151822 Independent Mahmoud I
محمود الأول

(1814–1824)
5 Hussein Khodja
حسين خوجة
(c.1780–1857)		 •18221829 Independent Hussein II
حسين الثاني

(1824–1835)
6 Shakir Saheb Ettabaa
شاكير صاحب الطابع
(c. 1790–1837)		 •18291837 Independent Mustafa I
مصطفى الأول

(1835–1837)
7 Mustapha Saheb Ettabaa
مصطفى صاحب الطابع
(1784–1861)		 •18371855 Independent Ahmad I
أحمد الأول

(1837–1855)
8 Mustapha Khaznadar
مصطفى خزندار
(1817–1878)		 •185522 October 1873 Independent Muhammad II
محمد الثاني

(1855–1859)
9 Kheireddine Pacha
خير الدين باشا التونسي
(1822–1890)		 •22 October 187321 July 1877 Independent Muhammad III as-Sadiq
محمد الثالث الصادق

(1859–1882)
10 Mohammed Khaznadar
محمد خزندار
(c. 1810–1889)		 •21 July 187724 August 1878 Independent
11 Mustapha Ben Ismail
مصطفى بن اسماعيل
(c. 1850–1887)		 •24 August 187812 September 1881 Independent
12 Mohammed Khaznadar
محمد خزندار
(c. 1810–1889)		 •12 September 1881October 1882 Independent
13 Mohammed Aziz Bouattour
محمد العزيز بوعتور
(1825–1907)		 • October 1882 4 February 1907   Independent Ali III
علي الثالث

(1882–1902)
Muhammad IV al-Hadi
محمد الرابع الهادي

(1902–1906)
14 M'hamed Djellouli
امحمّد جلولي
(1834–1908)		 •18 February 1907June 1908[lower-alpha 1] Independent Muhammad V an-Nasir
محمد الخامس الناصر

(1906–1922)
15 Youssef Djaït
يوسف جعيط
(1830–1915)		 •June 1908June 1915 Independent
16 Taïeb Djellouli
الطيب جلولي
(1857–1944)		 •October 1915May 1922 Independent
17 Mustapha Dinguizli
مصطفى الدنقزلي
(1865–1926)		 •May 192220 October 1926[lower-alpha 1] Independent Muhammad VI al-Habib
محمد السادس الحبيب

(1922–1929)
18 Khelil Bouhageb
خليل بوحاجب
(1863–1942)		 •3 November 19262 March 1932 Independent
19 Hédi Lakhoua
الهادي الأخوة
(1872–1949)		 •2 March 193231 December 1942 Independent Ahmad II
أحمد الثاني

(1929–1942)
20 Mohamed Chenik
محمد شنيق
(1889–1976)		 11 January 194315 May 1943 Destour Muhammad VII al-Munsif
محمد السابع المنصف

(1942–1943)
21 Slaheddine Baccouche
صلاح الدين البكوش
(1883–1959)		 115 May 194321 July 1947 Independent Muhammad VIII al-Amin
محمد الثامن الأمين

(1943–1957)
22 Mustapha Kaak
مصطفى الكعاك
(1893–1984)		 •21 July 194717 August 1950 Independent
23 Mohamed Chenik
محمد شنيق
(1889–1976)		 217 August 195026 March 1952 Destour
24 Slaheddine Baccouche
صلاح الدين البكوش
(1883–1959)		 212 April 19522 March 1954 Independent
25 Mohamed Salah Mzali
محمد صالح مزالي
(1896–1984)		 •2 March 19546 July 1954 Independent
Office vacant (6 July 1954 – 7 August 1954)
Secretary general of the government Georges Dupoizat was in charge of its affairs
26 Tahar Ben Ammar
الطاهر بن عمار
(1889–1985)		 •7 August 195411 April 1956 DestourNone
27 Habib Bourguiba
الحبيب بورقيبة
(1903–2000)		 •11 April 195625 July 1957[lower-alpha 2] Neo Destour1956

Republic
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Election President
Office vacant (25 July 1957 – 7 November 1969)
Presidential system : The president directs the government (Bourguiba government)		 1959
1964		 Habib Bourguiba
الحبيب بورقيبة

(1957–1987)
28 Bahi Ladgham
الباهي الأدغم
(1913–1998)		 •7 November 19692 November 1970 SDP 1969
29 Hédi Nouira
الهادي نويرة
(1911–1993)		 •2 November 197023 April 1980 SDP 1974
1979
30 Mohammed Mzali
محمد مزالي
(1925–2010)		 •23 April 19808 July 1986 SDP 1981
31 Rachid Sfar
رشيد صفر
(1933–2023)		 •8 July 19862 October 1987 SDP 1986
32 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
زين العابدين بن علي
(1936–2019)		 •2 October 19877 November 1987 SDP
33 Hédi Baccouche
الهادي البكوش
(1930–2020)		 1
2
3		7 November 198727 September 1989 DCR Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
زين العابدين بن علي

(1987–2011)
34 Hamed Karoui
حامد القروي
(1927–2020)		 •27 September 198917 November 1999 DCR 1989
1994
35 Mohamed Ghannouchi
محمد الغنوشي
(b. 1941)		 1
2		17 November 199927 February 2011 DCR 1999
2004
2009
36 Beji Caid Essebsi
الباجي قائد السبسي
(1926–2019)		 •27 February 201124 December 2011 Independent None Fouad Mebazaa
فؤاد المبزع

(2011)
37 Hamadi Jebali
حمادي الجبالي
(b. 1949)		 •24 December 201114 March 2013 Ennahda 2011 Moncef Marzouki
المنصف المرزوقي

(2011–2014)
38 Ali Laarayedh
علي العريض
(b. 1955)		 •14 March 201329 January 2014 Ennahda
39 Mehdi Jomaa
مهدي جمعة
(b. 1962)		 •29 January 20146 February 2015 Independent
40 Habib Essid
الحبيب الصيد
(b. 1949)		 •6 February 201527 August 2016 Independent 2014 Beji Caid Essebsi
الباجي قائد السبسي

(2014–2019)
41 Youssef Chahed
يوسف الشاهد
(b. 1975)		 • 27 August 2016 27 February 2020   Nidaa Tounes
  Tahya Tounes Mohamed Ennaceur
محمد الناصر

(2019)
42 Elyes Fakhfakh
إلياس الفخفاخ
(b. 1972)		 •27 February 20202 September 2020 Ettakatol[1] 2019 Kais Saied
قيس سعيد

(2019–)
43 Hichem Mechichi
هشام المشيشي
(b. 1974)		 •2 September 202025 July 2021 Independent
Office vacant (25 July 2021 – 11 October 2021)
The president directed the government temporarily after political crisis
44 Najla Bouden
نجلاء بودن
(b. 1958)		 •11 October 20212 August 2023 Independent 2023
45 Ahmed Hachani
أحمد الحشاني
(b. 1957)		•2 August 2023Incumbent Independent

Statistics

Timeline
Habib BourguibaTahar Ben AmmarMohamed Salah MzaliSlaheddine BaccoucheMohamed ChenikSlaheddine BaccoucheMohamed ChenikHédi LakhouaKhelil BouhagebMustapha DinguizliTaïeb DjellouliYoussef DjaïtM'hamed DjellouliMohammed Aziz BouattourMohammed KhaznadarMustapha Ben IsmailMohammed KhaznadarKheireddine PachaMustapha KhaznadarMustapha Saheb EttabaaRashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'aHussein KhodjaMohamed Larbi Zarrouk KhaznadarYoussef Saheb EttabaaMoustapha KhodjaRejeb Khaznadar

Rank by time in office

Mohammed Aziz Bouattour
Longest term:
24 years, 98 days
1882–1907

Mohamed Salah Mzali
Shortest term:
126 days
1954
Rank Prime Minister Time in office
1 Mohammed Aziz Bouattour 24 years, 98 days
2 Rejeb Khaznadar 23 years, 103 days
3 Mustapha Khaznadar 18 years, 294 days
4 Mustapha Saheb Ettabaa 18 years, 0 days
5 Moustapha Khodja 17 years, 220 days
6 Youssef Saheb Ettabaa 15 years, 22 days
7 Hédi Lakhoua 10 years, 304 days
8 Shakir Saheb Ettabaa 8 years, 0 days
9 Youssef Djaït 7 years, 122 days
9 Larbi Zarrouk Khaznadar 7 years, 0 days
11 Hussein Khodja 7 years, 0 days
12 Taïeb Djellouli 6 years, 212 days
13 Khelil Bouhageb 5 years, 120 days
14 Slaheddine Baccouche 5 years, 26 days[lower-alpha 3]
15 Mustapha Dinguizli 4 years, 172 days
16 Kheireddine Pacha 3 years, 272 days
17 Mustapha Kaak 3 years, 27 days
18 Mustapha Ben Ismail 3 years, 19 days
19 Mohammed Khaznadar 2 years, 53 days[lower-alpha 3]
20 Mohamed Chenik 1 years, 356 days[lower-alpha 3]
21 Tahar Ben Ammar 1 year, 248 days
22 Habib Bourguiba 1 year, 105 days
23 M'hamed Djellouli 1 year, 104 days
24 Mohamed Salah Mzali 126 days

Timeline
Najla BoudenHichem MechichiElyes FakhfakhYoussef ChahedHabib EssidMehdi JomaaAli LaarayedhHamadi JebaliBeji Caid EssebsiMohamed GhannouchiHamed KarouiHédi BaccoucheZine El Abidine Ben AliRachid SfarMohammed MzaliHédi NouiraBahi LadghamHabib Bourguiba

Rank by time in office

Mohamed Ghannouchi
Longest term:
11 years, 102 days
1999–2011

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Shortest term:
36 days
1987
Rank Prime Minister Time in office
1 Mohamed Ghannouchi 11 years, 102 days
2 Hamed Karoui 10 years, 51 days
3 Hedi Nouira 9 years, 173 days
4 Mohamed Mzali 6 years, 76 days
5 Youssef Chahed 3 years, 184 days
6 Hedi Baccouche 1 year, 324 days
7 Najla Bouden 1 year, 294 days
8 Habib Essid 1 year, 203 days
9 Rachid Sfar 1 year, 86 days
10 Hamadi Jebali 1 year, 80 days
11 Mehdi Jomaa 1 year, 8 days
12 Bahi Ladgham 360 days
13 Hichem Mechichi 326 days
14 Ali Laarayedh 321 days
15 Beji Caid Essebsi 300 days
16 Elyes Fakhfakh 188 days
17 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 36 days

See also

Notes
  1. Died in office.
  2. Parliament voted to abolish the monarchy and appoint him as president.
  3. Two separate terms.

References
  1. "Tunisie : La garde rapprochée d'Elyes Fakhfakh, chargé de former le prochain gouvernement – Jeune Afrique". 14 February 2020.
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