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tunisia*

H.E. Nabil Ben Alouane BAFFOUN
President, ISIE

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Parliamentary Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation al-Majlis al-Wa anī at-Ta’sīsī (Tunisian Constituent
President Kais Saied Assembly)

4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh nominated
Through closed list proportional representation
5. Capital system, 217 members are elected in the Tunisian
Tunis Constituent Assembly.

6. Currency 4. Popular House
Tunisian Dinar (TND) Tunisian Constituent Assembly

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 5. Type of Electoral System
Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1% Closed list proportional representation system

8. Date of Independence PArt iii
20 March 1956 (from France)
ELECtorAL sYstEM
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
1 June 1959
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Language (s)
Arabic, French (official) 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Instance Superieure Independante pour le Elec-
11. Literacy Levels tions-ISIE (Independent High Authority for Elec-
Male: 86.06% Female: 72.22% tions)
Total: 79.04%(2014)

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