Immediately following the flight of President Ben Ali from Tunisia last month, a new government was formed. The prime minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, remained in post.

A few days later a new government was formed. Prime Minister Ghannouchi remains as head of government, but there was a major reshuffle of ministers. The list of government members is available here.

Basically, the immediate post-Ben Ali government contained too many members of the former ruling RCD party. This meant that there were continuing protests. In response, the government was changed and, with the exception of the prime minister, new people were brought in to replace them. They were replaced by members of civil society and by technocrats.