The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.

Lamine Bey was the last Bey of Tunis, and also the only King of Tunisia.

Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987. Prior to his presidency, he led the nation to independence from France, ending the 75-year-old protectorate and earning the title of "Supreme Combatant".