Romdhane was appointed Prime Minister of Tunisia by President Kais Saied in September of 2021, making her the first female prime minister in the Arab world. Romdhane is a geophysics university professor with little experience in governance, but she has been given the task of forming a government that will lead the nation out of a spiraling political and economic crisis. She has previously implemented some World Bank projects at the Ministry of education but is a surprise choice by President Saied, who has been under pressure to appoint someone after having dismissed the previous prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority in July.