Habib Essid was nominated prime minister of Tunisia
The 65-year-old former interior minister was selected by Mohamed Ennaceur, speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives, and Mihamed el Baccouche, secretary general of the majority secular Nidaa Tounes party.
- Essid is an independent with political experience in the ousted government of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and served in the transitional post-2011 revolution government. Although he was considered a compromise candidate, not all political parties welcomed his nomination.
- Popular Front spokesman Hamma Hammami expressed concern during an interview with radio station Shems FM that Essid's nomination suggests the return of pre-revolution figures. The Democratic Current party voiced similar misgivings in a statement released Monday and also noted that Essid's nomination was not by consensus.
- Essid will be responsible for forming a new government that must then be approved by parliamentary vote. His nomination follows the inauguration last week of President Beji Caid Essebi, Tunisia's first freely elected leader.
FIFA delegation visits Gaza Strip promote Football
- A delegation from world soccer's governing body is visiting the Gaza Strip to give a boost to local football. The FIFA delegation arrived in Gaza on Monday after a five-hour delay at an Israeli border crossing.
- Delegation leader David Borja says the visit ? the first by FIFA in 12 years ? will be the start of "very good cooperation."Abdulsalam Haniya", a member of the Palestine Olympic Committee, said the delegation is visiting two soccer stadiums that were damaged by Israeli airstrikes. Palestinian militants launched rockets from one of the stadiums in 2012.
- Fifa delegation is also donating money to build 20 soccer fields with artificial turf. Israel said the delegation was delayed because one of its members had not coordinated the visit ahead of time.
Professor Arvind Panagariya as the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Vice-Chairman.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Columbia University Professor Arvind Panagariya as the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Vice-Chairman.
- Mr. Modi also appointed economist Bibek Debroy and the former Secretary, Defence R&D, Dr. V.K. Saraswat, to the NITI Aayog as full-time members. India’s Tryst with Destiny, a book Dr. Panagariya co-authored with economist Jagdish Bhagwati, praises Gujarat’s growth model.
- Before the Lok Sabha polls, he argued for scaling back the PDS and disapproved of the food security law. Dr. Debroy has worked at the Centre for Policy Research and National Council of Applied Economic Research.
- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh were all appointed as ex-officio members to the NITI Aayog, according to an official release.
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