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Events in the year 2020 in Tunisia.

Incumbents

• President: Kais Saied
• Prime Minister
  • Youssef Chahed (until February 27, 2020)
  • Elyes Fakhfakh (February 27, 2020 – September 2, 2020)^[1][2]
  • Hichem Mechichi (since September 2, 2020)
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Rached Ghannouchi

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]

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 to April

• 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 to August

• 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]

September to December

• 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]