Prime Minister of Tunisia

This page lists the holders of the office of **Prime Minister of Tunisia** (). The office was created in May 1922. Mustapha Dinguizli was Tunisia's first Prime Minister.

## Oath

The Head of the Government swears to the following oath in the presence of the President:

## Duties

- Creating, amending and dissolving ministries (Except ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs which require the president's approval).
- Creating, amending and dissolving public institutions, public entities and administrative departments.
- Issuing governmental decrees after consulting the Council of Ministers.
- Shall endorse and sign, where appropriate, regulatory orders issued by ministers.
- Request the parliament to give vote of confidence to their government.
- With the president, they both represent Tunisia abroad.

## List

|colspan="2"|Premiership|Portrait|Prime Minister|colspan="2"|Party|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">7 November 1969</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 November 1970</span>||**** 10 January 1913 – 13 April 1998|style="background:"||SDP|||||
|rowspan= 3|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 November 1970</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">23 April 1980</span>|rowspan= 3||rowspan= 3|**** 5 April 1911 – 25 January 1993|rowspan= 3 style="background:"||rowspan= 3|SDP|
|rowspan= 2|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">23 April 1980</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">8 July 1986</span>|rowspan= 2||rowspan= 2|**** 23 December 1925 – 23 June 2010|rowspan= 2 style="background:"||rowspan= 2|SDP|
|rowspan= 2|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">8 July 1986</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 October 1987</span>|rowspan= 2||rowspan= 2|**** 11 September 1933 – 20 July 2023|rowspan= 2 style="background:"||rowspan= 2|SDP|
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 October 1987</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">7 November 1987</span>||**** 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019|style="background:"||SDP|||||
|rowspan = 2|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">7 November 1987</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 1989</span>|rowspan = 2||rowspan = 2|**** 15 January 1930 – 21 January 2020|rowspan = 2 style="background:"||SDP||
|DCR||||||||||
|rowspan = 2|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 1989</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">17 November 1999</span>|rowspan = 2||rowspan = 2|**** 30 December 1927 – 27 March 2020|rowspan = 2 style="background:"||rowspan = 2|DCR|
|rowspan = 4|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">17 November 1999</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 February 2011</span>|rowspan = 4||rowspan = 4|****|rowspan = 3 style="background:"||rowspan = 3|DCR|
||Independent|||||||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 February 2011</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">24 December 2011</span>||**** 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019||Independent||||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">24 December 2011</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">14 March 2013</span>||****|style="background:"||Ennahda|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">14 March 2013</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">29 January 2014</span>||****|style="background:"||Ennahda|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">29 January 2014</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">6 February 2015</span>||****||Independent||||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">6 February 2015</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 August 2016</span>||****||Independent||||||
|rowspan = 2|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 August 2016</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 February 2020</span>|rowspan = 2||rowspan = 2|****|style="background:"||Nidaa Tounes||
|style="background:"||Tahya Tounes||||||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">27 February 2020</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 September 2020</span>||**** 1972|style="background:"||Ettakatol|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">1 September 2020</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">25 July 2021</span>||**** 1974|style="background:"||Independent|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">29 September 2021</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 August 2023</span>||****|style="background:"||Independent|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">2 August 2023</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">7 August 2024</span>||****|style="background:"||Independent|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">7 August 2024</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">21 March 2025</span>||****|style="background:"||Independent|||||
|<span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">21 March 2025</span> – <span class="date" style="white-space:nowrap">Incumbent</span>||****|style="background:"||Independent|||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Tunisia
- **insignia**: Coat_of_arms_of_Tunisia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 120
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Tunisia
- **incumbent**: Sara Zaafarani
- **incumbentsince**: 21 March 2025
- **department**: Chahed Cabinet, Cabinet of Tunisia
Politics of Tunisia, Executive branch of the Tunisian Government
- **style**: Prime Minister
(informal)
 Excellency, His/Her Excellency
(formal)
- **status**: 2nd highest in executive branch
- **residence**: Dar El Bey
- **seat**: Tunis
- **nominator**: List of political parties in Tunisia, Political parties
- **appointer**: President of Tunisia
- **termlength**: No term limits specified
- **constituting instrument**: Tunisian Constitution of 2014, Constitution of Tunisia
- **inaugural**: Bahi Ladgham
- **salary**: 8000 Tunisian dinar, TND monthly