2023 in Tunisia

Events in the year 2023 in Tunisia.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Tunisia List of years in Tunisia

Incumbents

• President: Kais Saied
• Prime Minister:
  • Najla Bouden (until August 2, 2023)
  • Ahmed Hachani (from August 2, 2023)
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Ibrahim Bouderbala
• Government:
  • Bouden Cabinet (until August 2, 2023)
  • Hachani Cabinet (from August 2, 2023)

Events

• 6 January - Fadhila Rebhi is sacked as Minister of Trade and Export Development.^[1]
• 7 January - Five people are killed and ten others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia.^[2]
• 29 January - Second round of the Tunisian parliamentary election: Tunisians head to the polls to elect the members of the third Assembly of the Representatives of the People in a run-off. The electoral board reports a voter turnout of 11.3 percent as most opposition parties boycott the election.^[3]
• 21 February - Kais Saied's hate speech against Black African migrants.^[4]
• 9 March - Fourteen people are killed and 54 others are rescued after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia.^[5]
• 23 March - 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disaster: Five people are killed when migrant boats sink off the coast of Sfax.^[6]
• 26 March - At least 29 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when two boats sink off the coast.^[7]
• 2 August - Tunisian President Kais Saied appoints Ahmed Hachani as prime minister after dismissing Najla Bouden, the first female prime minister in the Arab world, from the role.^[8]
• 9 August - 2023 Tunisia migrant boat disasters: Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from Sfax, Tunisia, capsizes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy.^[9]
• 14 August - Five people are killed and seven others missing after a boat carrying 35 migrants from Sfax, sinks in the Mediterranean Sea.^[10]
• 17 October - Kaïs Saïed asked Minister of Finance Sihem Boughdiri to assume the portfolio of interim Minister of Economy and Planning following the dismissal of Samir Saïed from the position.^[11]

Sports

• 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
• 2022–23 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 2023

Further information: Category:2023 deaths

References

1. "Tunisian president sacks trade minister - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
2. "Five dead after boat carrying refugees sinks off Tunisia's coast". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
3. "Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout". RFI. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
4. "Racist Attacks, Criticism of Tunisia's President Mount After Controversial Remarks". VOA news. 2023-03-02.
5. "14 dead, 54 rescued off Tunisia in migrant boat sinking". AP NEWS. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
6. "Migrant boats sink off Tunisia; five dead, at least 33 missing". Reuters. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
7. "Dozens of migrants killed in latest boat disaster off Tunisia". France 24. 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
8. "Tunisian president names Ahmed Hachani as prime minister, replacing Bouden | Politics". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
9. "Forty-one migrants die in shipwreck off Lampedusa". BBC News. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
10. "Five dead, seven missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia". RFI. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
11. "En Tunisie, Kaïs Saïed limoge le ministre de l'Économie". Jeune Afrique (in French). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.