Tunisia president picks new Prime Minister

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday appointed former finance minister, Elyes Fakhfakh as a new prime minister designate.

Fakhfakh has been mandated to form a government as soon as possible," the presidency said in a statement.

The new PM designate proposal will have to gain the approval of a divided parliament, which this month rejected an earlier attempt to form a government.

After months of negotiations that followed elections last October, parliament dismissed a cabinet list proposed …
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