Abdelkarim Zbidi

But none of the establishment candidates who included current Prime Minister Youssef Chahed former Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi and the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Ennahda party which is part of Chahed's coalition Abdelfattah Mourou polled enough votes to make it to the run-off (AC Vol 58 No 1 A coalition of hope)...

Abdelkarim Zbidi the immediate past Minister of Defence who was close to Essebsi is seen by many as the man most likely to become the next president – or at least was before the Karoui bombshell (AC Vol 60 No 16 New faces old enmities)...

The smart money is on Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi to succeed President Béji Caïd Essebsi (BCE) who died on 25 July...

To that end the government is expected to keep on the interim administration's internationally respected Finance Minister Jalloul Ayed and Banque centrale de Tunisie Governor Mustapha Kamel Nabli as well as Defence Minister Abdelkrim Zbidi...