Najla Bouden Romdhane has become the first female prime minister of Tunisia on September 29, 2021.

• She has been named as Prime Minister, two months after President Kais Saied assumed his charge, dismissed the former prime minister and suspended parliament.
• Romdhane was assigned to form a new government in the midst of growing domestic and international discontent regarding president’s power seizure.
• Romdhane is expected to have less direct power as compared to former prime ministers under the 2014 constitution. This is because, President Saied announced during the emergency period that the new government will be responsible to the president.