Mohamed Ennaceur elected new speaker of Tunisian Parliament

Mohamed Ennaceur of Nidaa Tounes Party was elected, Thursday, Speaker of the Tunisian House of the People's Representatives (or parliament) with a majority of 176 votes from the 214 MPs in attendance.
The session chairman Ali Ben Salem announced that the counting committee had recorded 4 spoilt votes and 34 blank votes.
Then, the MPs elected Abdelfattah Mourou of Ennahdha Party as a First Deputy Speaker and Faouzia Ben Feddha of the Free Patriotic Union (UPL) as Second Deputy Speakers.
Ennaceur is deputy leader of Nidaa Tounes, which won October legislative election -- the first since the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in December 2010.
He served as social affairs minister under Habib Bourguiba during the 1970s and 1980s.