Tunisian President Kais Saied decided today to terminate the duties of Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi, thus becoming the fourth minister to be dismissed from his post since the beginning of the year in a tense political context.
Tunisian presidency stated on its official website that Saied decided to “end the duties of Othman Jerandi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, and appoint Nabil Ammar in his place.”
The presidency did not mention the reasons for this decision.
Since the beginning of January, Saied has sacked three ministers, the Minister of Commerce and the Minister of Agriculture and Education.
These decisions come at a time when Tunisia is facing deep divisions since President Saied seized the three powers in July 2021, before amending the constitution a year later to return to a presidential system similar to the one that existed before the 2011 revolution and the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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