Sayida Ounissi (born 3 February 1987) is a Tunisian politician representing the party of Ennahdha.

[2] Her father was an Islamist imam,[3] and left Tunisia in 1993 to escape President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime.

"[7] Ounissi returned to Tunisia in 2011 after the fall of Ben Ali, working as an intern at the African Development Bank.

[9] During the Bardo National Museum attack on 18 March 2015, she was tweeting live updates detailing the panic and evacuation.

[10] On 20 August 2016, Ounissi was appointed to the Executive Board as Secretary of State for Vocational Training in charge of private initiative in the coalition government of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and as international spokesperson.