children birth_date residence term_end alma_mater term_start spouse image name native_name_lang predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion primeminister native_name article_title
ghazwa nesrine el abidine halima el abidine mohamed zine el abidine el abidine dorsaf el abidine cyrine el abidine 3 september 1936 saudi arabia 14 2 april 1989 7 november 1987 january 2011 acting : 7 november 1987 -- special artillery senior intelligence school in maryland school for anti-aircraft field military artillery in texas . school of saint cyr school of applied 2 april 1989 2 october 1987 na'ima ben ali -lrb- 1992 - -rrb- el-kafy -lrb- 1964 -- 1988 -rrb- , leïla zine el abidine ben ali.jpg zine el abidine ben ali ar habib bourguiba rachid sfar hammam sousse , french tunisia habib bourguiba socialist -lrb- 1988-2011 -rrb- independent -lrb- from 2011 -rrb- destourian party -lrb- 1986-1988 -rrb- constitutional democratic rally 2nd president of tunisia prime minister of tunisia moncef marzouki hédi baccouche sunni islam hédi baccouche hamed karoui mohamed ghannouchi زين العابدين بن علي zine el abidine ben ali

zine el abidine ben ali

zine el abidine ben ali -lrb- , '' '' ; born 3 september 1936 -rrb- 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 declared incompetent .
ben ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities , each time exceeding 90 % of the vote ; the final re-election was on 25 october 2009 .
on 14 january 2011 , following a month of protests against his rule , he was forced to flee to saudi arabia along with his wife leïla ben ali and their three children the interim tunisian government asked for interpol to issue an international arrest warrant , charging him for money laundering and drugs trafficking .
a tunisian court sentenced ben ali and his wife `` in absentia '' to 35 years in prison on 20 june 2011 on charges of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewellery .
in june 2012 , a tunisian court sentenced him `` in absentia '' to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder and another life sentence by a military court on april 2013 for violent repression of protests in sfax .
