title: 2019 in Tunisia
text: # 2019 in Tunisia
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Tunisia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Kais Saied
  * Prime Minister: Youssef Chahed
  * President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Rached Ghannouchi
  
  ## Events
  
  ### June
  
  * June 27 – Suicide Bombing in Tunis, Tunisia
  
  ### July
  
  * July 5 – Tunisia bans the burqa.
  
  ### September
  
  * September 15 – The first round of the 2019 Tunisian presidential election is held
  
  ### October
  
  * October 6 – The 2019 Tunisian parliamentary election are held and Ennahdha Movement wins with 52 seats in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
  * October 13 – The second round of the 2019 Tunisian presidential election is held and Kais Saied wins
  * October 21 – Former Professor Kais Saied becomes President of Tunisia
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 20 January – Mustapha Filali, politician (b. 1921).
  * 31 March – Hedi Turki, painter (b. 1922).
  * 25 July - Beji Caid Essebsi incumbent president Sebsi.
  * 15 September 2019 — Chadlia Caid Essebsi (b. 1936), 83, Tunisian consort, First Lady (2014–2019), heart attack.
  * September 19 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 14th Prime Minister and 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
  