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Tunisian Constitution of 2014

The Tunisian Constitution of 2014 (Arabic: 2014 دستور تونس) was adopted on 26 January 2014 by the Constituent Assembly, elected on 23 October 2011 in the wake of Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. It was passed on 10 February 2014, replacing the constitutional law of 16 December 2011 that temporarily formed the basis of government after the suspension of the Constitution of 1959.

The Supreme Law of the State, it is the third Constitution of the country's modern history after the Constitutions of 1861 and 1959.

The articles of the Constitution were debated one by one at a plenary session, from December 2013 to January 2014, in a context of heated debate, which delayed the review. The final text was adopted on 26 January 2014 by the Constituent Assembly with 200 votes for, 12 against and four abstentions. The next day, the text was signed by the interim president, Moncef Marzouki, the President of the Constituent Assembly, Mustapha Ben Jaafar, and the Head of Government out, Ali Larayedh, during a ceremony at the headquarters of the Assembly.

This Constitution is the result of a compromise between the Islamist party Ennahdha (head of government) and the opposition forces. It provides for shared executive powers, gives preference to Islam and, for the first time in legal history of the North Africa, introduced a target parity between men and women in elected bodies. Also for the first time, the text adopted the principle of proportionality in a limitations clause.

In September 2021, Kaïs Saïed announced an upcoming reform of the 2014 Constitution. It occurred on 22 September 2021, with promulgation of the presidential decree n° 2021-117.

This description of the Tunisian Constitution of 2014 draws on its unofficial English translation.

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

We, the representatives of the Tunisian people, members of the National Constituent Assembly,

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