2023 in Tunisia explained

Events in the year 2023 in Tunisia.

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

• 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
• 2022–23 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tunisian president sacks trade minister - China.org.cn . 2023-01-07 . www.china.org.cn.
2. Web site: Five dead after boat carrying refugees sinks off Tunisia's coast . 2023-01-08 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
3. Web site: 2023-01-29 . Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout . 2023-01-30 . RFI . en.
4. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Racist Attacks, Criticism of Tunisia's President Mount After Controversial Remarks . VOA news . en.
5. Web site: 2023-03-09 . 14 dead, 54 rescued off Tunisia in migrant boat sinking . 2023-03-09 . AP NEWS . en.
6. News: 2023-03-23 . Migrant boats sink off Tunisia; five dead, at least 33 missing . en . Reuters . 2023-04-05.
7. Web site: 2023-03-26 . Dozens of migrants killed in latest boat disaster off Tunisia . 2023-04-07 . France 24 . en.
8. Web site: Tunisian president names Ahmed Hachani as prime minister, replacing Bouden Politics . 2023-08-02 . Devdiscourse . en.
9. News: 2023-08-09 . Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Lampedusa . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-08-10.
10. Web site: 2023-08-14 . Five dead, seven missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia . 2023-08-15 . RFI . en.
11. Web site: 2023-10-18 . En Tunisie, Kaïs Saïed limoge le ministre de l'Économie . 2023-10-18 . Jeune Afrique . fr.
12. News: Agence France-Presse . 2023-12-16 . Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-18 . 0261-3077.