Elyes Fakhfakh (Arabic: إلياس الفخفاخ; born 1972) is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of Tourism and, starting on 19 December 2012, as the Minister of Finances as well, under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3] He served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 February[4][5] to 2 September 2020.
Elyes Fakhfakh | |
|---|---|
إلياس الفخفاخ | |
 Fakhfakh in 2020 | |
| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
| In office 27 February 2020 – 2 September 2020 | |
| President | Kais Saied |
| Preceded by | Youssef Chahed |
| Succeeded by | Hichem Mechichi |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 12 December 2012 – 29 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamadi Jebali Ali Larayedh |
| Preceded by | Houcine Dimassi |
| Succeeded by | Hakim Ben Hammouda |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 24 December 2011 – 13 March 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Hamadi Jebali |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Houas |
| Succeeded by | Jamel Gamra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Political party | Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties |
| Alma mater | National Engineering School of Sfax Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon University of Évry Val d'Essonne |
Biography
editElyes Fakhfakh was born in Tunis in 1972.[3] He studied Mechanical Engineering at the National Engineering School of Sfax and graduated in 1995.[6] Then he studied Master's at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.[2] Later on, he had a Master's degree in Business Administration at University of Évry Val d'Essonne.[6]
Career
editIn 1999, at the age of 27, he started his career as an engineer for the French oil corporation Total S.A.[2] He worked for Total in Europe, America and Asia, and from 2004 onwards in Poland.[3] In 2004, he joined Cortrel, a Tunisian leaf spring manufacturing company, and later became its Deputy Director General.[2][3]
He is a member of Ettakatol.[2] On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Tourism.[2]
On 19 December 2012, he also took charge of the Ministry of Finance.[7] He is successively assisted by two secretaries of state: Slim Besbes[8] and Chedly Abed.
In the 2014 Tunisian parliamentary election, his party Ettakatol lost all of its previous seats. His party did even worse in the 2019 Tunisian parliamentary election by only getting 0.26 percent of the votes, and currently has no seat in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People.[citation needed]
He had participated in 2019 Tunisian presidential election[9] and got 0.34% of votes in the first round.[10]
On 20 January 2020, he was appointed head of government by President Kais Saied after consultations with all political parties, 10 days after the previous prime minister-designate, Habib Jemli, failed to gain the confidence of parliament.[11]
The Fakhfakh government gained the confidence of parliament on 27 February 2020.[12]
The Fakhfakh government consisted of 32 members of which six members were from Ennahda (Islamist, 54 out of 217 seats in Parliament), three from Democratic Current (social democrat, 22 MPs), two from People's Movement (15 MPs), two from Tahya Tounes (liberal, 14 MPs), one member from Tunisian Alternative (Liberal, three MPs), one from Nidaa Tounes (Liberal, three MPs) and 17 Independent Politicians.[13][14]
In June 2020, according to Al Jazeera, "an independent member of Parliament published documents indicating that Fakhfakh owned shares in companies that won deals worth 44 million dinars". Fakhfakh denied any wrongdoing. On 15 July 2020, he resigned.[15]
Personal life
editHe is married and has a son.[16]
References
edit- ^ "CIA World Leaders". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Asma Ghribi, Elyes Fakhfakh Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, #'Tunisia Live, 22 December 2011
- ^ a b c d "Elyès Fakhfakh". Leaders.
- ^ "Promising political stability, new Tunisian government takes office". Reuters. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Tunisie : Prestation de serment du gouvernement Fakhfakh au palais présidentiel de Carthage (Vidéo)". Kapitalis. February 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "السيرة الذاتية". Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Tunisia's president picks ex-finance minister to form new government". France 24. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Agencies, NAU-. "Elyes Fakhfakh becomes Finance Minister". eMouaten : Veille informationnelle - English. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "Ettakatol candidate Elyes Fakhfakh submits candidacy for presidential elections". European Forum. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ B, S. (17 September 2019). "Présidentielle – Officiel : Tous les détails sur les résultats préliminaires définitifs | Tunisie Tribune" (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Ramy Allahoum (21 January 2020). "Tunisia's Saied tasks former finance minister to form new gov't". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Tunisia's parliament approves a coalition government". Middle East Monitor. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Tunisian PM-designate unveils final lineup of new gov't - World - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
- ^ "Officiel : La composition du gouvernement Fakhfakh (Vidéo)". Kapitalis. February 19, 2020.
- ^ "Tunisia risks fresh political deadlock as PM Fakhfakh resigns". Al Jazeera. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Biographie de Elyes Fakhfakh". l'économiste maghrebin.
External links
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