Partial reshuffle in the Tunisian government
Tunisia, Politics, 10/12/2001

An official source in Tunisian said that the Tunisian President Zein al- Abidin Bin Ali on Monday made a partial Cabinet reshuffle on the Tunisian government which is headed by Muhammad al-Ghanoushe since November 1999.

According to this reshuffle Naziha Razzouk was appointed the minister of labor and vocational structure in succession to Mrs Faeyza al-Kafi, While Naziha Bin Bader was appointed as a minister for family and women affairs to replace former minister Naziha Razzouk.

The reshuffle also covered the ministry of health to be run by al-Habib Bin Mubarak in succession to Abdul Karim al-Zubeidi who was, appointed as a minister for scientific research and technology. Ibrahim al- Bakkari who was a minister of technology and scientific research was appointed as a minister of state at the minister of the industry.

Worthy mentioning this is the second Cabinet reshuffle made by the Tunisian president during one year. The first reshuffle was in January 23 this year and also covered several ministries mainly included the ministries of the Interior and defense.

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