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Spotlight | Tunisia
Khaled Yahyaoui, the Carthage Palace security chief who makes and breaks ministerial careers

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Khaled Yahyaoui was awarded an Order of the Republic by Kaïs Saïed on 18 April 2021.
Khaled Yahyaoui was awarded an Order of the Republic by Kaïs Saïed on 18 April 2021. © Tunisian Presidency/Facebook

Appointed as the head of state's director general of security days after Kaïs Saïed came to power in 2019, Khaled Yahyaoui enjoys the president's unparalleled confidence and his prerogatives now go well beyond his official duties.

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