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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي, romanized: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin ʿAlī, Tunisian Arabic: Zīn il-ʿĀbdīn bin ʿAlī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician who served as the second president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011.
Apr 24, 2024 · Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, army officer and politician who served as president of Tunisia (1987–2011). Initially appointed prime minister by Habib Bourguiba, he deposed him in a peaceful coup the following month and became president.
Sep 19, 2019 · Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s former autocratic president whose extravagant life and oppressive rule inspired the first Arab Spring revolts of 2011, died on Thursday in exile in Saudi...
Oct 7, 2019 · Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia’s former long-time president who died in mid-September, will probably be remembered best as the first autocrat to fall during the popular uprisings that spread...
Jan 14, 2021 · Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia, fled the country that day – going via Malta to Saudi Arabia. That was the day that, for me, the fear barrier for ordinary people in Tunisia was...
Sep 19, 2019 · Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali led Tunisia for 23 years before stepping down in January 2011 amid an unprecedented wave of street protests. As president, Ben Ali was credited with delivering...
Jan 14, 2022 · The BBC has obtained extraordinary recordings believed to be of phone calls made by Tunisian ex president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali as he flew out of the country in 2011.
Sep 19, 2019 · Tunisia’s autocratic ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, toppled in 2011, died in exile in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo, File) Read More. 5 of 11 |. FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2001 file photo, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, left, welcomes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prior to their talks in Tunis.
Sep 19, 2019 · Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, longtime Tunisian president and the first autocrat to be ousted by the wave of demonstrations known as the Arab Spring, passed away on Thursday, according to...
Sep 19, 2019 · Zine el Abidine ben Ali, who ruled Tunisia for 23 years before being ousted by bloody protests that unleashed revolt across the Arab world, has died.
