Can Ahmed Hachani ease Tunisia’s deepening economic and social crisis?

 

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the country’s first female premier, his prime minister of almost two years with a little-known figure.

Saied immediately appointed Ahmed Hachani, a director at Tunisia's central bank, as new prime minister, whom he tasked with overcoming the "colossal challenges" facing the cash-strapped North African country.

The appointment of Hachani, who served as human resources director at Tunisia’s central bank, comes amid a deepening economic and social crisis in the country.

The country is facing growing economic woes amid pressure to approve an IMF rescue program.