Tunisia names new prime minister

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Last Updated : Jan 05 2015 | 8:55 PM IST

Nidaa Tounes, Tunisia's largest political party, has chosen former interior minister Habib Essid to form a new cabinet, Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur said Monday.

Essid, who served as interior minister under the transitional government of Beji Caid Essebsi right after the 2011 uprising which toppled former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, has to form a new government within a month, Xinhua reported.

Essid also occupied several posts under Ben Ali.

Ennaceur, the parliament speaker who also heads the parliamentary bloc, met earlier with newly-elected President Essebsi to present him with the nomination of Essid.

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First Published: Jan 05 2015 | 8:46 PM IST