Q. In October 2021 who has been appointed as first female Prime Minister of Tunisia?
(A) Kamala Harris
(B) Najla Bouden
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) None of the above
Ans- (B)
Related facts:
- On 29 September 2021, Tunisia’s president named geologist Najla Bouden as the country’s first ever female prime minister-designate, two months after he seized wide-ranging powers.
- Najla Bouden, 63, is a former Director of a education reform project and has held senior positions at Tunisia’s higher education ministry.
- The President of the Republic Kais Saied charged Najla Bouden with forming a government as quickly as possible.
- Originally from Kairouan, she is a a French-educated geologist with a doctorate in geological engineering, and is a lecturer at Tunisia’s National Engineering School.