Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي‎ 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.^[1] 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.^[2] Ben Ali wis subsequently re-electit wi enormous majorities at ivery election, the last time bein October 25, 2009.^[3]

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali زين العابدين بن علي
2nt Preses o Tunisie
In office 7 November 1987 – 14 Januar 2011
Prime Meenister	Hédi Baccouche Hamed Karoui Mohamed Ghannouchi
Precedit bi	Habib Bourguiba
Succeedit bi	Mohamed Ghannouchi (Actin)
Prime Meenister o Tunisie
In office 2 October 1987 – 7 November 1987
Preses	Habib Bourguiba
Precedit bi	Rachid Sfar
Succeedit bi	Hédi Baccouche
Personal details
Born	3 September 1936(1936-09-03) Hammam Sousse, French Tunisie
Dee'd	19 September 2019 (aged 83) Jeddah, Saudi Arabie
Poleetical pairty	Independent
Spoose(s)	Na'ima el-Kafy (1964–1988), Leïla Ben Ali (1992–present)
Bairns	Ghazwa El Abidine Dorsaf El Abidine Cyrine El Abidine Nesrine El Abidine Halima El Abidine Mohamed Zine El Abidine
Residence	Saudi Arabie
Alma mater	Special Militar Schuil o Saunt Cyr Schuil o Applied Artillery Senior Intelligence Schuil in Maryland Schuil for Anti-Aircraft Field Artillery in Texas.
Religion	Sunni Islam

References

1. "BBC News - Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced oot". Bbc.co.uk. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 14 Januar 2011.
2. "A COUP IS REPORTED IN TUNISIA". The New York Times. Associated Press. 7 November 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 Mey 2010.
3. Yannick Vely - Parismatch.com (23 November 2009). "ParisMatch.com". ParisMatch.com. Archived frae the original on 16 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 2 Mey 2010.

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