VOL. XL

No. 35

1-September-1997

TUNISIA

Tunisia Names New Head Of Energy Department

The Tunisian Ministry of Industry announced on 28 August that it had appointed a newhead of its energy department. Mr. Bechir Nehdi has been named as the new Director Generalof Energy, replacing Mr. Adbelwahab Kesraoui, who has been appointed to the post ofChairman of Société Tunisienne des Industries de Raffinage (STIR), the country'sstate-owned oil refinery.