The leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party has been a key figure on the Tunisian political scene since his return from exile after the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
He has been placing his loyalists in key positions in the Assemblée des Représentants du Peuple (ARP). The ARP's rules allow him to preside over legislative sessions, to run the assembly's political bureau, which is composed of thirteen members, and to chair meetings of parliamentary group presidents.
Rached Ghannouchi