2020 in Tunisia

Events in the year 2020 in Tunisia.

Incumbents

• President: Kais Saied
• Prime Minister
• Youssef Chahed (until February 27, 2020)
• Elyes Fakhfakh (February 27, 2020 – September 2, 2020)
• Hichem Mechichi (since September 2, 2020)
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Rached Ghannouchi

Events

• January 14 – Revolution and Youth Day (2011)
• February 3 – President Kais Saied visits Algeria in his first trip outside the country.
• February 9 – 1,200 runners participate in a half-Marathon (21 kilometers) in Djerba, Tunisia.
• February 17 – President Kais Saied says he will call early elections if a parliamentary stalemate is not resolved by February 21. He calls this the worst political crisis since 1956.
• March 6 – Suicide bombing outside U.S. Embassy in Tunis
• March 20 – Independence Day (1956 from France)
• July 15 – Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigns over an alleged conflict of interest.
• July 25 - Hichem Mechichi, the Minister of the Interior is chosen as Prime Minister.

Sports

• January 16 – January 26: 2020 African Men's Handball Championship: Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–23 in the final.
• February 9 – 1,200 runners participate in half-Marathon (21 kilometers) in Djerba, Tunisia.

Deaths

January to April

• January 7 – Abderrazak Rassaa, politician (b. 1930)
• January 21 – Hédi Baccouche, politician (b. 1930)
• January 27 – Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, political activist and blogger (b. 1983).
• February 10 – Saïd Amara, 75, handball player and coach (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, National Team)
• March 6 – Lieutenant Taoufik Mohammed El Nissaoui, 52, police officer killed during terrorist attack
• March 27 – Hamed Karoui, 92, politician, Prime Minister (1989–1999) and Minister of Justice (1988–1989)
• April 4 – Leïla Menchari, 93, decorator and designer, COVID-19
• April 20 – Noureddine Diwa, 83, footballer (Stade Tunisien, Limoges, national team)

May to August

• May 13 – Chedli Klibi, 94, politician, Minister of Culture (1961–1970, 1971–1973, 1976–1978) and Secretary-General of the Arab League (1979–1990).
• July 8 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82–83, footballer (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, national team).
• July 27 – Radhi Jazi, 92, Tunisian pharmacist.
• July 28 – Gisèle Halimi, 93, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist.
• August 11 – Salah Chaoua, 73, footballer (Club Africain, Al-Madina SC, National Team).
• August 17 – Ali Chaouch, 72, politician, Minister of the Interior (1997–1999).
• August 21
• Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, 69, footballer (Sfaxien, Al-Nassr, national team).
• Mohamed Gueddiche, 78, cardiologist, presidential doctor.

September to December

• 16 September – Ahmed Ben Salah, 94, politician, Minister of Finance (1961–1969).
• 7 October – Nabil Bechaouch, 49–50, footballer (Olympique Béja, national team).
• 14 October – Éric Assous, 64, Tunisian-born French film director, screenwriter (The Banned Woman, The Girl from Paris, 22 Bullets) and dramatist.
• 18 October – Naâma, 84, singer.
• 23 October – Abderrahmane Rahmouni, 75, footballer (Club Africain).
• 18 December – Yazid Zerhouni, 83, Tunisian-born Algerian politician.
• 24 December – At least twenty migrants drown when their boat capsizes near Sfax.
• 26 December – Gilbert Naccache, 81, writer and far-left militant.
• 27 December – Zouheïra Salem, 80, singer.

See also

• 2020 in North Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
• 2020s
• African Union
• Arab League
• List of terrorist incidents in Tunisia

References