TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s president has named a new interior minister, in his first major appointment since he froze parliament controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Ennhada Party and seized executive powers earlier this week amid protests and an economic crisis, according to Ap .
President Kais Saied named Ridha Gharsallaoui, a former national security adviser to the presidency, to the post on Thursday night. The Interior Ministry oversees domestic security, including policing.