Tunisia-Exclusive: List of new heads of diplomatic missions… 5 diplomats refuse their appointments

Concurring sources reported to Tunisie Numerique, this Wednesday, September 9, 2020, the list of new heads of diplomatic missions that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has drawn up. Here’s the full list:

• Mohamed Ben Youssef transferred to Cairo
• Romdhan Fayefh transferred to Algiers
• Moez Ben Mime transferred to Abu Dhabi
• Hayet Talbi transferred to Stockholm
• Fatma Omrani transferred to Madrid
• Nabil Ammar transferred to Brussels
• Raouf Mradaa transferred to Milan
• Amel Ben Younes transferred to Oslo
• Riadh Essid transferred to New Delhi
• SAbri Chaabani transferred to Nouakchott
• Hanen Tajouri transferred to Berlin
• Kais Kabtni transferred to Muscat
• Najm Eddine Lakhal transferred to Washington
• Chafik Hajji transferred to Khartum
• Samir Monser transferred to Tehran
• Karim Ben Bechr transferred to Cameroon
• Abdelhamid Gharbi transferred to Addis Ababa
• Imed Hazgui appointed ambassador to Paris
• Mohamed Arbaoui appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Paris
• Adel Ben Abdalah appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Strasbourg
• Chahir Dajbi appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Dubai
• Nader Bousrih appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Hamburg
• Lotfi Sghir appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Jeddah
• Ezzdine Ettis appointed head of Tunisian consulate in Baghdad
• Nacereddine Boubakri: Damascus
• Tarak Bettaieb; Bern
• Noureddine Erray: Valletta
• Hachmi Ajili: Kuwait
• Lasâad Ajili: Tripoli
  Hichem Fourati: Beirut
• Sami Boukacha: New-York
• Abdelkarim Hermi: Budapest

According to the same sources, 3 posts are still vacant, namely, that of the head of the diplomatic mission in Riyadh, that of the head of the diplomatic mission in Annaba and that of the head of the diplomatic mission in Genoa.Our sources also indicated that five of the aforementioned diplomats declined their appointments and they are :

• Riadh Essid
• Sami BouKacha
• Ezzedine Ettis
• Nacereddine Boubakri
• Noureddine Erray

Likely, the political adviser to the President of the Republic, Nadia Akecha will be appointed as head of the diplomatic mission to the United Nations and Ghazi Ghrair will be appointed as Tunisia ambassador to France, instead of Imed Hazgui according to the same sources.