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Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali fled the country after several violent protests.
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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2010–2011 revolution that overthrew President Ben Ali
The Tunisian revolution, also called the Jasmine Revolution and Tunisian Revolution of Dignity, was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime dictator Zine El…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)