Sana Marseni

Sana Mersni (born 1 December 1984) is a Tunisian politician who is a deputy in the Assembly of the Representatives of the People.

Early life and education Mersni was born on 1 December 1984 in Jendouba. She studied literature before completing a master's degree in criminal science at Tunis El Manar University Law School. She is writing a PhD thesis on the democratic transition in Tunisia.

Career Mersni practiced as a lawyer but had no political experience before she joined the Ennahda Movement and was elected to the National Constituent Assembly in 2011 to represent the Jendouba constituency. She is a rapporteur of the General Legislation Commission.

In 2014, Mersni and Latifa Habachi proposed an amendment to the constitution to give the government power to nominate members of the judiciary. It was strongly opposed by Popular Front and Democratic Bloc opposition members and led to a call from the Tunisian Judges' Syndicate for strikes, but was accepted by 109 votes. In 2015, when the Tunisian parliament reinstated the death penalty for terrorist crimes, Mersni noted that it would not deter "terrorists seeking death in order to go to paradise."