2020 in Tunisia

Incumbents

• President: Kais Saied
• Prime Minister
• *Elyes Fakhfakh
• *Elyes Fakhfakh
• *Hichem Mechichi
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Rached Ghannouchi

  Events

• January 14 – Revolution and Youth Day
• February 3 – President Kais Saied visits Algeria in his first trip outside the country.
• February 9 – 1,200 runners participate in a half-Marathon in Djerba, Tunisia.
• 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.
• March 6 – Suicide bombing outside U.S. Embassy in Tunis
• March 20 – Independence Day
• July 15 – Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigns over an alleged conflict of interest.
• July 25 - Hichem Mechichi, the Ministry of the Interior is chosen as Prime Minister.

  Sports

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

  Deaths

• January 7 – Abderrazak Rassaa, politician
• January 21 – Hédi Baccouche, politician
• January 27 – Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, political activist and blogger.
• February 10 – Saïd Amara, 75, handball player and coach
• March 6 – Lieutenant Taoufik Mohammed El Nissaoui, 52, police officer killed during terrorist attack
• March 27 – Hamed Karoui, 92, politician, Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
• April 20 – Noureddine Diwa, 83, footballer
• May 13 – Chedli Klibi, 94, politician, Minister of Culture and Secretary-General of the Arab League.
• July 8 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82–83, footballer.
• July 28 – Gisèle Halimi, 93, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist.