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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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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...
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...
- Samia Fitouri
Sep 19, 2019 · The former Tunisian president, who ruled for 23 years and was ousted in 2011, died in Saudi Arabia in 2019. He was accused of corruption, repression and killing protesters, but also credited with stability and economic growth.
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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 · 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...
