Tunisia - Nov 22, 2011 - 05:06

Tunisia's three main parties have formalised a power-sharing agreement, 10 months after the ouster of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the north African country's deposed president.

Hamadi Jebali of the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party, which took the most votes in elections last month, will serve as prime minister, while the other senior posts of president and chairman of the new constituent assembly are divided between two left-wing parties.

Moncef Marzouki of the leftist Congress for the Republic Party (CPR by its French acronym) will be president, and Ettakatol's Mustapha Ben Jaafar will chair the body tasked with drafting a new constitution.

The 217-member assembly will meet for the first time on Tuesday to confirm the three posts.

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