Hichem Mechichi

Hichem Mechichi
هشام المشيشي
Mechichi in 2020
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office
2 September 2020 – 25 July 2021
PresidentKais Saied
Preceded byElyes Fakhfakh
Succeeded byNajla Bouden
Minister of Interior
In office
27 February 2020 – 2 September 2020
Prime MinisterElyes Fakhfakh
Preceded byHichem Fourati
Succeeded byTaoufik Charfeddine
Personal details
BornJanuary 1974 (age 50)
Tunis, Tunisia
Political partyIndependent
Alma materTunis El Manar University
École nationale d'administration de Tunis
École nationale d'administration Strasbourg, France

Hichem Mechichi (Arabic: هشام المشيشي; born January 1974)[1][2] is a Tunisian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia, from September 2020 to July 2021, when he was unconstitutionally dismissed by President Kais Saied who dissolved the parliament, the higher council of justice, the elected county councils, the anti-corruption commission, and monopolized all state powers.

He held the post of Minister of the Interior in 2020 before being appointed head of government.

Education

Hichem Mechichi holds a master's degree in law from the faculty of law and political science from Tunis El Manar University, and a master's degree in law, political science and public administration from École nationale d'administration.[3] He is also a former student of the long international cycle, of the Republic promotion (2005–2007) of the National School of Administration of France, the institution paying tribute to him via its website after his appointment as head of government.[4]

Career

Hichem Mechichi as Minister of the Interior, visiting the National Guard Special Unit HQ during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.

He was a member of the National Commission of Investigation on Corruption and Embezzlement, founded in 2011 and chaired by Abdelfattah Amor.[5] In 2014, he was appointed Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Transport, then the same post successively at the ministries of Social Affairs and Public Health.[1]

He was then Director General of the National Agency for the Sanitary and Environmental Control of Products.[1]

Appointed by President Kaïs Saïed as his first adviser in charge of Legal Affairs, on 11 February 2020, he was appointed on the 27 of the same month as Minister of the Interior in the government of Elyes Fakhfakh.[1]

Prime Minister

Main article: Mechichi Cabinet

On 25 July 2020, in the midst of a political crisis, Saïed appointed him head of government, with the task of forming a government in one month and obtaining the confidence of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People.[6] Later on, he assumed office on 2 September 2020.[7]

He tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic on 25 June 2021.[8]

After a series of protests, the Tunisian president dismissed Mechichi as prime minister on 25 July.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biographie de Hichem Mechichi, ministre de l'Intérieur". businessnews.com.tn (in French). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ Ridha Kéfi (26 July 2020). "En chargeant Hichem Mechichi de former le gouvernement, Kaïs Saïed met les partis dos au mur". kapitalis.com (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Profil de Hichem Mechichi, ministre de l'Intérieur". kapitalis.com (in French). 20 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ^ "L'École nationale d'administration française félicite Hichem Mechichi". tuniscope.com (in French). 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Qui est Hichem Mechichi, ministre de l'Intérieur". webdo.tn. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020..
  6. ^ Amara, Tarek (25 July 2020). "Tunisia president designates new PM amid hopes of ending political crisis". Reuters. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Tunisia's parliament votes on new prime minister amid crisis". San Francisco Chronicle. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi contracts COVID-19". Reuters. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Tunisia's president dismisses prime minister after protests". Al Jazeera. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Tunisia
2020–2021 		Succeeded by