Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( Zayn al-‘Ābidīn bin ‘Alī; born 3 September 1936; deed 19 September 2019) wis the seicont preses o the Tunisian Republic. He held this office frae November 7, 1987 till bein forcit tae step doun on Januar 14, 2011. He wis appointit Prime Meenister in October 1987, an assumed the Presidency in November 1987 in a bleedless coup d'état frae then Preses Habib Bourguiba who wis declared incompetent. Ben Ali wis subsequently re-electit wi enormous majorities at ivery election, the last time bein October 25, 2009.

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