Mehdi Jomaa

Mehdi Jomaa (; born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014 to 6 February 2015. He was chosen on 14 December 2013. Jomaa was Minister of Industry in the Ali Laarayedh government.

Early life He was born on 21 April 1962 in Mahdia, Tunisia. He graduated from the National Engineering School, Tunis in 1998. He is an engineer by profession. He also holds a postgraduate degree in structural mechanics and in modeling. He was a general manager at Hutchinson Aerospace when he quit his job.

Political life After Hamadi Jebali asked him to be part of his government, he quit his professional career to contribute to the country's transition into democracy After the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi in July, there had been a political deadlock. To ease the situation, parties entered a national dialogue which was held for weeks; on 14 December 2013, both ruling and opposition parties agreed to choose Jomaa as the interim Prime Minister until the next election. A year later, in March 2017, he converted Tunisia Alternatives into a political party.