Inner circles | Tunisia
Kais Saied fills his regime's top posts with military men

President Kais Saied with members of the special unit of the Tunisian National Guard, in Bir Bou Rekba (Nabeul state), in August 2021.
President Kais Saied with members of the special unit of the Tunisian National Guard, in Bir Bou Rekba (Nabeul state), in August 2021. © AFP/HO/Presidency Press Service
The Tunisian leader is increasingly seen flanked by military commanders and has placed loyalist generals and colonels in government ministries and in his own private office. The growing role of the military, which in Tunisia has traditionally been kept well away from politics, is causing growing concern. [...]
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