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FOUND: Tunisian president names ally as new interior minister | Mind Blowing Facts

Saied has taken increasing control over security forces since July 2021 when he dismissed the government [File: Fethi Belaid/Pool via Reuters]

Tunisian President Kais Saied has named Kamal Feki as his new interior minister, hours after Taoufik Charfeddine resigned from the post amid a crackdown on prominent opposition figures.

Saied issued two decrees on Friday, the first removing Charfeddine and a second appointing Feki, the former governor of Tunis, as head of the Ministry of Interior, the presidency said in a press release overnight.

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