Mohamed Ennaceur

Mohamed Ennaceur
محمد الناصر
Ennaceur in 2016
Acting President of Tunisia
In office 25 July 2019 – 23 October 2019
Prime Minister	Youssef Chahed
Preceded by	Beji Caid Essebsi
Succeeded by	Kais Saied
Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
In office 4 December 2014 – 25 July 2019
President	Moncef Marzouki Beji Caid Essebsi
Prime Minister	Mehdi Jomaa Habib Essid Youssef Chahed
Preceded by	Mustapha Ben Jafar
Succeeded by	Abdelfattah Mourou (interim)
President of Nidaa Tounes
In office 31 December 2014 – 28 May 2019
Preceded by	Beji Caid Essebsi
Succeeded by	Selma Elloumi Rekik
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office 27 January 2011 – 24 December 2011
President	Fouad Mebazaa (Acting) Moncef Marzouki
Prime Minister	Mohamed Ghannouchi Beji Caid Essebsi
Preceded by	Moncer Rouissi
Succeeded by	Khalil Zaouia
In office 7 November 1979 – 23 October 1985
President	Habib Bourguiba
Prime Minister	Hédi Nouira Mohamed Mzali
Preceded by	Mohamed Jomâa
Succeeded by	Noureddine Hached
In office 14 January 1974 – 26 December 1977
President	Habib Bourguiba
Prime Minister	Hédi Nouira
Preceded by	Farhat Dachraoui
Succeeded by	Mohamed Jomâa
Personal details
Born	(1934-03-21) 21 March 1934 (age 90) El Djem, French Tunisia
Political party	Nidaa Tounes
Spouse	Siren Mønstre
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Tunis Paris-Sorbonne University[1]

Mohamed Ennaceur (Arabic: محمد الناصر; born 21 March 1934) is a Tunisian politician who served as the acting president of Tunisia^[2][3] for 91 days, from President Beji Caid Essebsi's death on 25 July 2019 until he handed over the presidency to Kais Saied as the winner of the 2019 Tunisian presidential election on 23 October 2019. Since 2014, he has also been the President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and leader of the governing Nidaa Tounes party. Previously, he served as Minister of Social Affairs in the 1970s and 1980s under President Habib Bourguiba and again in 2011 in the transitional Ghannouchi and Essebsi governments.^[4]

Ennaceur was the founding director of the Tunisian Association of Social Law (Revue tunisienne de droit social) and the Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem.^[5]

On 4 December 2014, he was elected as President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, with 176 agreeing votes out of 214 present MPs.^[6] Upon President Beji Caid Essebsi's death, Ennaceur ascended as President according to the Constitutional provision for the presidential succession of Tunisia.^[7]