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No official explanation has been given for Madouri’s removal. This marks the fourth time since Saied’s power grab in the summer of 2021 that a prime minister has been dismissed without warning.
No official explanation has been given for Madouri’s removal. This marks the fourth time since Saied’s power grab in the summer of 2021 that a prime minister has been dismissed without warning. Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Kamel Madouri in the early hours of Friday.
Madouri, a technocrat appointed in August 2024 during a major government reshuffle, was immediately replaced by Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, the Minister of Equipment, while the rest of the government remains unchanged.
No official explanation has been given for Madouri’s removal. This marks the fourth time since Saied’s power grab in the summer of 2021 that a prime minister has been dismissed without warning.
As is customary, the presidency announced the change via a brief Facebook statement, offering no comment on Madouri’s departure. Saied, however, emphasized the need for Zaafrani to better coordinate “governmental work” and address “obstacles to meet the expectations of the Tunisian people.”
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Zaafrani, 62, who speaks Arabic, French, English, and German, becomes the second woman to lead Tunisia’s government, following Najla Bouden, who served as prime minister from October 2021 to August 2023.
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