Tunisian president Kais Saied dismisses Najla Bouden and appoints Ahmed Hachani, as head of government.
TUNIS – Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the first woman to lead a government in Tunisia, according to a video from the Tunisian presidency on Tuesday evening.
President Saied immediately appointed in her place Ahmed Hachani, who until now worked as the Director General of the Central Bank and studied law at the University of Tunis, where Saied taught, according to Hachani’s Facebook profile.
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