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Kais Saied (Arabic: قَيْس سْعَيِّد ; born 22 February 1958) is a Tunisian politician, jurist and retired assistant professor of law currently serving as the seventh president of Tunisia since October 2019. He was president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law from 1995 to 2019.
Since the office was established in 1957, Five men have served as president. The seventh and current president is Kais Saied since 23 October 2019. There are currently three living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 19 September 2019.
President Kais Saied dismisses the government of Hichem Mechichi and dissolves the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and the Supreme Judicial Council; Najla Bouden is appointed Prime Minister and forms a new government. A new constitution is adopted in a constitutional referendum with expanded presidential powers
On the morning of May 31, 2024, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for Tunisian President Kais Saied at the Great Hall of the People before the two started a bilateral meeting. It was announced that China and Tunisia had established a strategic partnership. [25]
On the same day, Kais Saied dissolved Parliament, which the Constitution prohibits during the period when the state of emergency is applied, and threatened the deputies with legal action. [15] On 6 April, Kais Saied announced that the elections would be held by a two-round majority single-member constituency. [16]
Kais Saied (b. 1958) 23 October 2019 present: Independent: By winning the 2019 presidential election in the second round against Nabil Karoui, Saïed becomes the first independent elected President of the Republic. He is also the first president born after independence, as well as the first born under the mandate of one of his predecessors.
Kais Saied: Early life and education; Personal life; 7th President of Tunisia. 2019 presidential election; 2021 self-coup; 2022 constitutional referendum; 2022 ...
In September 2022, the Tunisian president Kais Saied signed Decree Law 54, which purported to combat "false information and rumours" on the Internet. Article 24 of the decree gives up to five years imprisonment and a fine of up to 50,000 dinar for anyone found to be spreading such information. This is doubled if the offending statement is made ...