Tunisian president appoints Garsalaoui to run Interior Ministry

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed Ridha Garsalaoui, a former national security adviser to the presidency, to run the Interior Ministry, he said in a statement.

Saied on Sunday invoked a national emergency to seize control of government, dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament in moves his opponents called a coup. (Reporting By Tarek Amara and Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Leslie Adler)