Tunisia
POLITICAL PARTY
Kais Saied
Independent
in presidency
in presidency
Tunisia
in presidency
Kais Saied has been President of Tunisia since 2019, when he advanced to a run-off election and secured the presidency with 72.71% of the vote. In 2024, after jailing his political opponents, Saied won reelection with an absolute majority in the first round, with 90.69% of the vote.
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November 20, 2025
“The undeclared goal of the successive waves of illegal immigration is to consider Tunisia a purely African country that has no affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations."
President of Tunisia (2019–present)
Kais Saied
MOST INFLUENTIAL PARTY MEMBER
Kais Saied
Kais Saied
President of Tunisia (2019–present)
“The undeclared goal of the successive waves of illegal immigration is to consider Tunisia a purely African country that has no affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations."
February 21, 2023
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PAGE CITATIONS:
Tunisian Presidency, Round 1, September 15, 2019, IFES Election Guide, last updated November 11, 2025, accessed November 20, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3174/.
Tunisian Presidency, Round 2, October 13, 2019, IFES Election Guide, last updated June 21, 2024, accessed November 20, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3398/.
Tunisian Presidency, October 6, 2024, IFES Election Guide, last updated December 4, 2024, accessed November 20, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4358/.
Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Sam Metz, "Tunisia’s Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring’s birthplace," AP News, October 7, 2024, apnews.com/article/tunisia-kais-saied-wins-reelection-landslide-55f379cf7ecc2a996a8586e9f7a67b98.
Tunisian Presidency, Round 2, October 13, 2019, IFES Election Guide, last updated June 21, 2024, accessed November 20, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3398/.
Tunisian Presidency, October 6, 2024, IFES Election Guide, last updated December 4, 2024, accessed November 20, 2025, www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4358/.
Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Sam Metz, "Tunisia’s Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring’s birthplace," AP News, October 7, 2024, apnews.com/article/tunisia-kais-saied-wins-reelection-landslide-55f379cf7ecc2a996a8586e9f7a67b98.
QUOTE CITATION:
Kais Saied, speech to Tunisian National Security Council, February 21, 2023, quoted in Jean-Luc Mounier, “Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia living in 'climate of fear' after surge in racist attacks,” France 24, March 4, 2023, www.france24.com/en/africa/20230304-living-in-a-climate-of-fear-sub-saharan-migrants-in-tunisia-under-attack.
TO CITE:
"Kais Saied," Great Replacement Parties, ChainofIdeasBook.com, [access date], www.chainofideasbook.com/country/TN.
