Leaders

Kaïs Saïed

Who leads Tunisia? Kaïs Saïed, President. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

President — Tunisia

Record & power

Record score	47
Power score	39

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

GDP +2.7% (2025), 2.3% projected 2026 (World Bank); kept the state functioning without an IMF program — but by rejecting reforms as 'foreign diktats'.
GDP +2.7% (2025), 2.4% H1 2026; inflation 5.5%; debt ~81% of GDP; no IMF anchor — muddling through.
Freedom House 70→42 (2020→2026); mass trials of opponents, journalists, and lawyers; sub-Saharan migrants abused and expelled.
No independently verified current military expenditure figure published; spending elevated on border security and the migration-control apparatus.

Other leaders

Xanana Gusmão Fatafehi Fakafānua Kamla Persad-Bissessar Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Feleti Teo Samia Suluhu Hassan

Tunisia Rankings

Across the Bureau

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