Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People explained

The speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People is the presiding officer of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, the unicameral legislature of Tunisia.

From 1956 to 1959, the Tunisian legislature was called the National Constituent Assembly, from 1959 to 1981 the National Assembly, from 1981 to 2011 the Chamber of Deputies and from 2011 to 2014 the Constituent Assembly. Since 2014, it is called the Assembly of the Representatives of the People.

The Speaker of the Assembly serves as ex officio Vice-President of Tunisia. In the event of the resignation, permanent incapacity or death of the President of the Republic, the speaker of the Assembly ascends as interim president for a minimum of 45 days and a maximum of 90 days, pending new elections.

From the creation of the Chamber of Advisors in 2002 until the Revolution in 2011, the Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the Parliament of Tunisia.

List

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePolitical party
Speakers of the National Constituent Assembly
1Habib Bourguiba
Arabic: الحبيب بورقيبة
9 April 1956 15 April 1956 Neo Destour
2Jallouli Fares
Arabic: الجلولي فارس
17 April 1956 1 June 1959 Neo Destour
Speakers of the National Assembly
1Jallouli Fares
Arabic: الجلولي فارس
1 June 1959 1964 Neo Destour
2Sadok Mokaddem
Arabic: الصادق المقدم
1964 1981 Socialist Destourian Party
Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies
3Mahmoud Messadi
Arabic: محمود المسعدي
November 1981 13 October 1987 Socialist Destourian Party
4Rachid Sfar
Arabic: رشيد صفر
13 October 1987 14 October 1988 Socialist Destourian Party
5Slaheddine Baly
Arabic: صلاح الدين بالي
14 October 1988 14 March 1990 Democratic Constitutional Rally
6Beji Caid Essebsi
Arabic: الباجي قائد السبسي
14 March 1990 9 October 1991 Democratic Constitutional Rally
7Habib Boularès
Arabic: الحبيب بولعراس
9 October 1991 14 October 1997 Democratic Constitutional Rally
8Fouad Mebazaa
Arabic: فؤاد المبزع
14 October 1997 15 January 2011 Democratic Constitutional Rally
Sahbi Karoui
Arabic: الصحبي القروي
(acting)
15 January 2011 22 November 2011 Independent
Speaker of the Constituent Assembly
1Mustapha Ben Jafar
Arabic: مصطفى بن جعفر
22 November 2011 2 December 2014 Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties
Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
1Mohamed Ennaceur
Arabic: محمد الناصر
4 December 2014 25 July 2019 Nidaa Tounes
Abdelfattah Mourou
Arabic: عبد الفتاح مورو
(acting)
25 July 2019 13 November 2019 Ennahda Movement
2Rached Ghannouchi
Arabic: راشد الغنوشي
13 November 2019 25 July 2021 Ennahda Movement
Post vacant (25 July 2021 – 13 March 2023)
3Ibrahim Bouderbala
Arabic: ابراهيم بودربالة
13 March 2023 Incumbent Independent

See also