• Location• Demography

– Population– Religion– Language

• Politics • Tunisian crisis

– Causes of revolution– Facts cronologically– Relations with other

countries after the revolution.

• Tunisia is located in North Africa between Argelia and Libya.

The population of Tunisia from a sociological, historical and genealogical view, are made up of people of mainly distinct and mixed Arab, Berber and Turkish descent.

Nowadays, the majority of the population identify themselves as Arabs.

•Religion:

The majority of Tunisia´s population are Muslims while about 2% follow Christianity and Judaism or other religions.The constitution declares Islam as the official state religion.•Language:

Arabic is the official language and Tunisian Arabic, known as Derja, is the local language.

• In Tunisia there is a democratic constitutional republic, with a president serving as head of state, Prime Minister as head of government, a bicameral legislature and a court system influenced by French Civil War.

• The actual president of Tunisia is MONCEF MARZOUKI.

• The Tunisian Revolution,also known as the Jasmine Revolution, was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia.

• A young boy after being revoked from his job, he set himself on fire in protest of the fact, the bad conditions and the economical crisis they were living.

• After Bouazizi's death, the protests became

widespread, moving into the more affluent areas and eventually into the capital. The anger and violence became so intense that President Ben Ali fled Tunisia with his family.

• In Tunisia, unrest persisted as a new regime took over, leaving many citizens of Tunisia feeling as though their needs were still being ignored.

• 17 December 2010: A man called Mohamed Bouazizi decided to burn himself because the government closed his commerce and he was living in bad conditions.

• 4 January 2011: Dies Mohamed as consequence of the wounds provoked by his action of protest. They announced a general strike.

• 8 January 2011: Serious comfrontations.• 12 January 2011: Curfew in the capital and dismissal of

the minister of the interior.• 13 January 2011: Ben Ali promises to move back in

2014.

• 14 January 2011: Multitudinous manifestation in the capital. The president left Tunisia.

• 17 January 2011: Formation of a government of unit with provisional character integrated four ministers of Ben Ali and politicians.

• 22 January 2011: With the government of destabilitation the police repress the manifestations and add to them.

• 20 February 2011: The provisional government request to Saudi Arabia Ben Ali’s extradition.

• 27 February 2011: Mohamed Ganouchi announces his resignation. The prime minister’s place was occupied by Essebsi.

• 3 March 2011: Mebazzaa announces a TV speech, the summons of elections for October.

• 23 October 2011: Elections of the Constitutional Assembly.

• 13 December 2011: Marzouki became prime minister.

• People are complaining about foreign influence. For instance, Qatari involvement is growing here, with a lot of business and investment, but people are afraid that this will come with political influence.

• Still, Tunisia is keen to rebuild its relations with its neighbours. There were some tensions with Libya, which are being resolved, and foreign dignitaries including the Algerian president came to Tunis for the anniversary of the revolution.

• Looking further afield, Ennahda knows that it needs resources and economic support from the West and that there’s a need to be pragmatic. So the foreign minister of France has visited Tunis twice so far, and American officials and businesses such as Microsoft and Google are also exploring opportunities here.

• Tunisia wants to safeguard its sovereignty, but to keep to a policy of positive engagement with the West.