Hichem Mechichi ( ar, هشام المشيشي; born January 1974) is a Tunisian politician who served as the

Prime Minister of Tunisia The prime minister of Tunisia ( ar, رئيس حكومة تونس, ra’īs ḥukūmat Tūnis) is the head of the executive branch of the government of Tunisia. The prime minister directs the executive branch along with the president and, togeth ...

, from 2020 to 2021, when he was dismissed by President

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. He held the post of

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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

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. 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.

Career

Hichem Mechichi rend visite aux USGN, Tunisie

He was a member of the National Commission of Investigation on Corruption and Embezzlement, founded in 2011 and chaired by

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

Prime Minister

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 The Assembly of the People's Representatives ( ar, مجلس نواب الشعب ', french: Assemblée des représentants du peuple; ARP) is Tunisia's legislative branch of government. The unicameral Assembly replaced the Constituent Assembly and ...

. Later on, he assumed office on 2 September 2020. He tested positive for

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during the

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on 25 June 2021. After a series of protests, the Tunisian president dismissed Mechichi as prime minister on 25 July.

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