Mohamed Ghannouchi

Mohamed Ghannouchi
محمد الغنوشي
Ghannouchi in 2013
Interim President of Tunisia
In office 14 January 2011 – 15 January 2011
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Succeeded by	Fouad Mebazaa (acting)
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office 17 November 1999 – 27 February 2011
President	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Himself Fouad Mebazaa (Acting)
Preceded by	Hamed Karoui
Succeeded by	Béji Caïd Essebsi
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-18) 18 August 1941 (age 83) Sousse, French Tunisia
Political party	Independent (2011–present)[1]
Other political affiliations	Constitutional Democratic Rally (Before 2011)
Children	2
Alma mater	Tunis University

Mohamed Ghannouchi (Arabic: محمد الغنوشي Muhammad Al-Ghannushi; born 18 August 1941) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011. Regarded as a technocrat, Ghannouchi was a long-standing figure in the Tunisian government under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He also served as the President of Tunisia from 14 to 15 January 2011, holding the powers and duties of the office nominally for the absent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had fled the country due to the 2011 revolution. On 15 January 2011 the presidency was declared vacant by the Constitutional Court and Ben Ali's term was officially terminated, leading to Speaker of Parliament Fouad Mebazaa taking office as Acting President. Ghannouchi stayed on as prime minister for six more weeks after Ben Ali's overthrow before himself resigning.