Ghannouchi II Cabinet

During the Tunisian Revolution, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who acted as president of Tunisia for 23 years fled. Mohamed Ghannouchi formed a new government. Fouad Mebazaa took office in January 2011 as acting president. A new government was formed on 17 January 2011. On 27 January 2011 the government was dissolved and replaced by a new government led by Béji Caïd Essebsi.

Cabinet members[]

As of 27 January members included:^[1]

Office	Name	Party
Head of Government	Mohamed Ghannouchi	RCD
Minister of Justice	Lazhar Karoui Chebbi	Independent
Minister of Defence	Ridha Grira	RCD
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamel Morjane	RCD
Minister of Interior	Ahmed Friaa	RCD
Minister of Religious Affairs	Laroussi Mizouri	Independent
Minister of Regional and Local Development	Ahmed Najib Chebbi	PDP
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research	Ahmed Brahim	Ettajdid
Minister of Health	Mustapha Ben Jaafar	Ettakatol
Minister of Commerce and Tourism	Mohamed Jegham	RCD
Minister of Education	Taïeb Baccouche	Independent
Minister of Social Affairs	Moncer Rouissi	RCD
Minister of Agriculture and the Environment		RCD
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation	Mohamed Nouri Jouini	Independent
Minister of Industry and Technology	Afif Chelbi	Independent
Minister of Finance		RCD
Minister of Culture	Moufida Tlatli	Independent
Minister of Women's Affairs	Lilia Labidi	Independent
Minister of Transport and Equipment	Slaheddine Malouche	RCD
Minister of Training and Employment		UGTT
Minister of Youth and Sports	Mohamed Aloulou	Independent

Slim Amamou, secretary of state for sport and youth (the first time in the world that a Pirate Party member ascends to a governmental post).

Ghannouchi was replaced as Prime Minister on 27 February 2011 by Béji Caïd Essebsi.