FILE PHOTO: Tunisia’s Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi takes the oath of office during the country’s new government swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS
August 23, 2020
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s prime minister-designate plans to gather the ministries of finance, investment and state property into a single department to be led by economist Ali Kooli as part of plans to restructure government and revive the economy, politicals sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Hichem Mechichi is expected to announce his government’s 23 ministers within the next few days.
(Reporting by Tarek Amara)
