The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, or National Constituent Assembly (NCA) is the body that works out a new Tunisian constitution

Constitution of Tunisia

The Constitution of Tunisia is the supreme law of the Tunisian Republic. The Constitution is the framework for the organization of the Tunisian government and for the relationship of the federal government with the governates, citizens, and all people within Tunisia...

 for the era after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Tunisian political figure who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was...

 and his Constitutional Democratic Rally

Constitutional Democratic Rally

The Constitutional Democratic Rally , also referred to by its French acronym RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the governing party in Tunisia. The party was suspended by the minister of interior on February 6th awaiting a decision on its dissolution by judicial...

 (RCD)–regime. Convoked after the election on 23 October 2011, the convention consista of 217 lawmakers representing Tunisians living both in the country and abroad. A plurality of members comes from the moderate Islamist Ennahda Movement. The Assembly held its first meeting on 22 November 2011.

Provisionally, a time of approximately one year has been envisioned to develop the new constitution, whereas the convention itself is sovereign to set its own schedule.

Before the first session of the Constituent Assembly, Ennahda, Congress for the Republic

Congress for the Republic

The Congress for the Republic , also referred to as Al Mottamar or by its French acronym CPR, is a centre-left secular political party in Tunisia. It was created in 2001, but legalised only after the 2011 Tunisian revolution...

 and Ettakatol

Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties

The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties , also referred to as Ettakatol or by its French acronym FDTL, is a social democratic political party in Tunisia. It was founded on 9 April 1994 and officially recognized on 25 October 2002. Its founder and Secretary-General is the radiologist Mustapha...

 agreed to share the three highest posts in state. Accordingly, the parliament voted Mustapha Ben Jafar

Mustapha Ben Jafar

Mustapha Ben Jafar is a Tunisian politician and doctor who has been President of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia since November 2011...

(Ettakatol) speaker of the Constituent Assembly upon being convoked on 22 November.