The year 2019 was deep in events and surprises in Tunisia, A year marked by protests, political uncertainty ansd the rise of new powers that changed the policial and social scene.
Here is a look back at these and some of the other events that marked 2019:
- Jan 17, 2019 : UGTT workers union holds nationwide strike
- 09 February 2019: Tunisia government, union reach deal to end teachers’ strike
- March 6, 2019 : Tunisian Parliament holds meeting to nominate members of Tunisia’s Constitutional Court.
- Mar 7, 2019 : Death of 12 babies shakes Tunisia, prompts resignation of health minister.
- Mar 31, 2019 : 30th Arab League Summit in Tunis
- Apr 27, 2019: Protests break out in Tunisia after the death of 15 agricultural workers in accident
- May 2, 2019 : Tunisian gov’t orders army to transport fuel following a strike by fuel distribution workers
- 04-14 June: 594 fires erupt in agricultural areas.
- Jun 7, 2019: Tunisia elected non-permanent member of UN Security Council
- Jun 18, 2019: Tunisia’s parliament adopts law banning surging candidates from elections
- Jun 15, 2019:Nabil Karoui voted as Heart of Tunisia president
- Jun 27, 2019: One dead, several wounded in suicide bomber attacks in Tunisian capital
- June 28 2019: Tunisia was elected as a member of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- July 08 2019: Karoui brothers assets frozen
- July 25 2019: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country’s first democratically elected leader, died at the age of 92
- Jul 27, 2019: Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral
- Aug 2, 2019: Nominations begin for presidential election
- Aug 3, 2019: Tunisia arrests presidential candidate Nabil Karoui
- September 02 2019 : Election campaign for 27 presidential candidates is launched
- September 07, 2019: Tunisian presidential candidates face off in TV debate
- September 14, 2019: Electoral campaign for legislative elections in Tunisia kicks off
- September 19, 2019: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, 83, Tunisia Autocrat Ousted in Arab Spring, Dies
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9 October,2019: Tunisia court orders release of presidential candidate Nabil Karoui
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11 October,2019: Karoui and Saied face off in a presidential debate
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Oct 13, 2019: Kais Saied wins Tunisia’s presidential election
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Oct 17, 2019: Tunisia joins Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities
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Oct 23, 2019 : Kais Saied takes oath as Tunisia’s new president
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Nov 13, 2019: Tunisia parliament elects Ennahdha’s Rachid Ghannouchi as speaker
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Nov 16, 2019: Habib Jemli tasked with forming a new government
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22 novembre 2019: UGTT joins the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union
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Dec 2, 2019: Tourist bus crash kills more than 30 in Tunisia’s Amdoun region
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Dec 4, 2019 : Free Destourian Party launches a strike in parliament
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Dec 2, 2019: President Kais Saied proclaims December 17th a national holiday
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25 December 2019 : Erdogan makes surprise visit to Tunisia
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