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Inner circles | Tunisia
Religious conservative Ghannouchi dominates Tunisian parliament

Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) since 2019. © Reuters/CK/PAC/FW1/Gareth GDJones

Rached Ghannouchi, who was elected president of the Tunisian parliament in November 2019, has positioned his pawns in various institutions and surrounded himself with a small circle of advisors. [...]

Published on 09.04.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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