2020 in Tunisia

Events

January 14 – Revolution and Youth Day (2011)
February 3 – President Kais Saied visits Algeria in his first trip outside the country.^[3]
February 9 – 1,200 runners participate in a half-Marathon (21 kilometers) in Djerba, Tunisia.^[4]
February 17 – President Kais Saied says he will call early elections if a parliamentary stalemate is not resolved by February 21. He calls this the worst political crisis since 1956.^[5]
March 6 – Suicide bombing outside U.S. Embassy in Tunis^[6]
March 20 – Independence Day (1956 from France)
July 15 – Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigns over an alleged conflict of interest.^[7]
July 25 - Hichem Mechichi, the Minister of the Interior is chosen as Prime Minister.^[8]

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Sports

January 16 – January 26: 2020 African Men's Handball Championship: Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–23 in the final.^[9]
February 9 – 1,200 runners participate in half-Marathon (21 kilometers) in Djerba, Tunisia.^[10]

Deaths

January 7 – Abderrazak Rassaa, politician (b. 1930)^[11]
January 21 – Hédi Baccouche, politician (b. 1930)^[12]
January 27 – Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, political activist and blogger (b. 1983).^[13]
February 10 – Saïd Amara, 75, handball player and coach (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, National Team)^[14]
March 6 – Lieutenant Taoufik Mohammed El Nissaoui, 52, police officer killed during terrorist attack^[6]
March 27 – Hamed Karoui, 92, politician, Prime Minister (1989–1999) and Minister of Justice (1988–1989)^[15]
April 4 – Leïla Menchari, 93, decorator and designer, COVID-19^[16]
April 20 – Noureddine Diwa, 83, footballer (Stade Tunisien, Limoges, national team)^[17]

May 13 – Chedli Klibi, 94, politician, Minister of Culture (1961–1970, 1971–1973, 1976–1978) and Secretary-General of the Arab League (1979–1990).^[18]
July 8 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82–83, footballer (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, national team).^[19]
July 27 – Radhi Jazi, 92, Tunisian pharmacist.^[20]
July 28 – Gisèle Halimi, 93, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist.^[21]
August 11 – Salah Chaoua, 73, footballer (Club Africain, Al-Madina SC, National Team).^[22]
August 17 – Ali Chaouch, 72, politician, Minister of the Interior (1997–1999).^[23]
August 21
- Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, 69, footballer (Sfaxien, Al-Nassr, national team).^[24]
- Mohamed Gueddiche, 78, cardiologist, presidential doctor.^[25]

16 September – Ahmed Ben Salah, 94, politician, Minister of Finance (1961–1969).^[26]
7 October – Nabil Bechaouch, 49–50, footballer (Olympique Béja, national team).^[27]
14 October – Éric Assous, 64, Tunisian-born French film director, screenwriter (The Banned Woman, The Girl from Paris, 22 Bullets) and dramatist.^[28]
18 October – Naâma, 84, singer.^[29]
23 October – Abderrahmane Rahmouni, 75, footballer (Club Africain).^[30]
18 December – Yazid Zerhouni, 83, Tunisian-born Algerian politician.^[31]
24 December – At least twenty migrants drown when their boat capsizes near Sfax.^[32]
26 December – Gilbert Naccache, 81, writer and far-left militant.^[33]
27 December – Zouheïra Salem, 80, singer.^[34]

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Incumbents