Kais Saied

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Kais Saied is a Tunisian politician and former law professor who became Tunisia’s president in 2019 and has since drawn global attention for consolidating power and reshaping the country’s political system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
human
law professor
politician
academicDiscipline law
cameToPowerAfter 2011 Tunisian Revolution context
continentOfCitizenship Africa
countryOfBirth Tunisia
countryOfCitizenship Tunisia
dateOfBirth 1958-02-22
educatedAt Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Tunis
University of Tunis
electionWon 2019 Tunisian presidential election
familyName Saied
fieldOfWork constitutional law
public law
gender male
givenName Kais
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm Ahmed Hachani
Hichem Mechichi
Najla Bouden
ideology populism
social conservatism
implemented Constitution of Tunisia
surface form: "2022 Tunisian constitution"
knownFor centralization of executive power
reshaping Tunisia’s political system
languageSpoken Arabic
French
name Kais Saied
nationality Tunisian
notableFor consolidation of presidential power in Tunisia
dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council in Tunisia
suspension of the Tunisian parliament in 2021
numberOfChildren 3
occupation jurist
law professor
politician
officeAssumedOn 2019-10-23
placeOfBirth Tunis NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment independent
positionHeld President of Tunisia
predecessor Beji Caid Essebsi
Mohamed Ennaceur
primaryWorkLocation Tunis NERFINISHED
profession politician
university professor
regionOfActivity North Africa
religion Islam
residence Carthage Palace
spouse Ichraf Chebil

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