Influential Tunisian Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close associate of President Kais Saied, announced his resignation on Friday, saying he wanted to devote himself to his children after the death of his wife last year.
In office since October 2021, Taoufik Charfeddine, 54, told the press that he had asked Kais Saied to end his duties and “thanked him
for being understanding and for having authorized to be relieved of my duties. responsibilities in the Ministry of the Interior
”.
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Taoufik Charfeddine's wife and mother of their three children died in June 2022 following a fire caused by a gas leak in their residence.