# Essid Cabinet

The cabinet of Tunisian Head of Government Habib Essid was approved on 5 February 2015 by a majority of 166 of total 217 legislators of Tunisia's Assembly of the Representatives of the People. The unity government consists of 27 ministers and 14 secretaries of state and includes independents, members of Nidaa Tounes, the two liberal parties Free Patriotic Union (UPL) and Afek Tounes, and a member of the Islamist Ennahda.
Essid's first proposal, a minority government of just Nidaa Tounes and the UPL, he had brought forward on 23 January, was retracted after facing enough resistance not to be approved by a parliamentary majority.

## Cabinet members

| Office | Name | Party |
| Head of Government | Habib Essid | Independent |
| Minister of Defence | Farhat Horchani | Independent |
| Minister of Justice | Mohamed Salah Ben Aïssa | Independent |
| Minister of Interior | Mohamed Najem Gharsalli | Independent |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Taïeb Baccouche | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | Slim Chaker | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts | Selma Elloumi Rekik | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining | Zakaria Hamad | Independent |
| Minister of Agriculture | Saâd Seddik | Independent |
| Minister of Commerce | Ridha Lahouel | Independent |
| Minister of Social Affairs | Ahmed Ammar Younbaii | Independent |
| Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and ICT | Chiheb Bouden | Independent |
| Minister of Education | Néji Jalloul | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Health | Saïd Aïdi | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Transport | Mahmoud Ben Romdhane | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister of Equipment, Housing and Regional Planning | Mohamed Salah Arfaoui | Independent |
| Minister of Employment and Vocational Training | Zied Ladhari | Ennahda |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Othman Battikh | Independent |
| Minister of Women, Family and Children | Samira Merai | Afek Tounes |
| Minister of Culture | Latifa Lakhdar | Independent |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | Maher Ben Dhia | UPL |
| Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development | Nejib Derouiche | UPL |
| Ministry of Communication Technologies and the Digital Economy | Noomane Fehri | Afek Tounes |
| Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation | Yassine Brahim | Afek Tounes |
| Minister of State Property and Land Affairs | Hatem El Euchi | UPL |
| Minister to the head of government in charge of relations with Parliament | Lazhar Akremi | Nidaa Tounes |
| Minister to the head of government in charge of Relations with the constitutional institutions and civil society | Kamel Jendoubi | Independent |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | Ahmed Zarrouk | Nidaa Tounes |
| Secretary of State for Security Affairs | Rafik Chelly | Independent |
| Secretary of State for Local Affairs | Hédi Majdoub | Independent |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | M'hamed Ezzine Chelaifa | Independent |
| Secretary of State for Arab and African Affairs | Touhami Abdouli | Tunisian National Movement |
| Secretary of State for Finance | Boutheina Ben Yaghlane | Ennahda |
| Secretary of State for Development, Investment and International Cooperation | Lamia Zribi | Independent |
| Secretary of State for International Cooperation | Amel Azzouz | Ennahda |
| Secretary of State for Emigration and Social Integration | Belgacem Sabri | Independent |
| Secretary of State in charge of the Dossier of the Martyrs and Wounded of the Revolution | Majdouline Cherni | Independent |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Health in charge of upgrading hospitals | Nejmeddine Hamrouni | Ennahda |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Youth and Sports in charge of Youth | Chokri Terzi | Independent |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in charge of Agricultural Production | Amel Nafti | Independent |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in charge of Fisheries | Youssef Chahed | Nidaa Tounes |
| Secretary of State to the Minister of Equipment, Housing and Regional Planning in charge of Housing | Anis Ghedira | Nidaa Tounes |