2021 in Tunisia

2021
in
Tunisia

Decades:
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Events in the year 2021 in Tunisia.

Incumbents

Cabinet

This is an incomplete list of the Cabinet announced January 16, 2021.[1]

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia

  • January 16 – Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi appointes 12 new ministers.[1]
  • January 17 – 2021 Tunisian protests: Thousands take to the streets of Tunis and Sousse as protests turn violent because of economic hardship on the 10th anniversay of the Arab Spring.[2] Protesters shut down oil production in Tataouine.[3]
  • January 20 – Young people clash with police for the fifth straight night. “Your voice is heard, and your anger is legitimate, and it is my role and the role of the government to work to realize your demands and to make the dream of Tunisia to become true,” Prime Minister Mechichi said in a fruitless attempt to calm things down.[4]
  • February 6 – Hundreds of protesters backed by the million-member UGTT union defy government orders to rally in Tunis on the eighth anniversary of the assassination of Chokri Belaid.[5]

Deaths

References

  1. "Tunisian PM appoints new ministers in cabinet reshuffle". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. "Protests erupt in Tunisian cities amid anger over poor economy". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  3. "Tunisia protesters shut down main oil production site in south". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  4. "Outreach by Tunisian leaders fails to quell youth unrest". AP NEWS. 20 January 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  5. "Tunisia demonstrators defy lockdown to protest police brutality". msn.com. Al Jazeera English. Reuters. February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  6. Yerhamou, Allah (5 January 2021). "Le sociologue et ancien ministre Moncer Rouissi est décédé" [The sociologist and former minister Moncer Rouissi is deceased]. Leaders (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. Meherzia Laâbidi décédée après une longue lutte contre le Covid-19 (in French)
  8. Décès de l’ancien ministre et gouverneur de la BCT Chedly Ayari (in French)
  9. Le chef d’orchestre et compositeur Ahmed Achour est décédé à l’âge de 75 ans (in French)
  10. Tunisie : Décès du réalisateur Abdelkader Jerbi (in French)
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