# Kais Saied ## Identity and office Kais Saied has been president of Tunisia since 23 October 2019. He remains head of state. He does not write ISIE Decision 2022-22. He did invoke Article 80 on 25 July 2021. Do not open with a 2011 slogan. The freeze file is dated. On 25 July 2021 he announced three decisions: freeze of the Assembly, lifting of deputies’ immunity, and assumption of executive power with a new prime minister ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-president-relieves-prime-minister-his-post-2021-07-25/)). Ghannouchi called it a coup. Ghannouchi and Mechichi are unresolved. The constitution file is official. ISIE Decision 2022-22 of 16 August 2022 recorded 2,607,884 yes (94.6 percent) and 2,830,094 voters of 9,278,541 registered (30.5 percent) after the 25 July 2022 referendum ([ISIE](https://legislation-securite.tn/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/Decision-de-lInstance-Superieure-Independante-pour-les-elections-n%C2%B0-2022-22-du-16-aout-2022.pdf)). No minimum turnout was required. The ballot file is official. ISIE recorded 2,438,954 votes (90.69 percent) on 7 October 2024 after the 6 October poll, turnout 28.8 percent ([AP](https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-kais-saied-wins-reelection-landslide-55f379cf7ecc2a996a8586e9f7a67b98)). Ayachi Zammel is unresolved. ## Documented benefits The offsets that a commissioned-positive portrait would lead with are real only where dated, and they are not this assignment’s through-line. A 2019 runoff victory is a neighbouring 13 October 2019 instrument. It is not a rebate of 25 July 2021. ## Contributions and limits of responsibility He invoked Article 80. He promulgated the 2022 constitution. He ran and was certified in 2024. ISIE tabulated. The army closed access to the parliament building. Sharing execution is not a reason to drop 25 July 2021. It is a reason not to invent a unique arrest total as Contribution.size. ## Causal chain through facts 25 July 2021 strengthens the owned power-concentration driver and weakens [civic space](/drivers/civic-space). The 2022 constitution and 2024 90.69 percent return strengthen the owned driver and weaken electoral integrity. They do not hang on ukraine-war, eastern-drc-m23-rdf, [territorial-revisionism](/drivers/territorial-revisionism), or Soviet [state-repression](/drivers/state-repression). Ghannouchi, Mechichi, and Zammel remain names, not minted pages. ## What the score does not say This page does not promise an exact political-prisoner census. Direction on this chain is negative: the documented instruments freeze a parliament, certify a hyper-presidential constitution on low turnout, and return 90.69 percent against a jailed runner-up. A later genuine contest would be a different fact with a different date. ## Dated facts - 2024: ISIE declares Saied winner with 90.69 percent on 28.8 percent turnout. https://factrail.ai/facts/tn-saied-election-2024. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/tunisia-kais-saied-wins-reelection-landslide-55f379cf7ecc2a996a8586e9f7a67b98, https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2024/10/07/isie-resultats-preliminaires-de-lelection-presidentielle-2024/. - 2022: ISIE records 94.6 percent yes for Saied’s constitution on 30.5 percent turnout. https://factrail.ai/facts/tn-saied-constitution-2022. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisian-electoral-commission-says-yes-won-constitutional-referendum-2022-07-26/, https://legislation-securite.tn/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/Decision-de-lInstance-Superieure-Independante-pour-les-elections-n%C2%B0-2022-22-du-16-aout-2022.pdf. - 2021: Saied invokes Article 80, sacks the prime minister, and freezes parliament. https://factrail.ai/facts/tn-saied-article-80-2021. Sources: https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2021/07/26/Watch-Here-are-the-3-presidential-decisions-as-announced-by-Tunisia-s-Kais-Saied, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-president-relieves-prime-minister-his-post-2021-07-25/. ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/kais-saied