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In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Tunisia
Country in North Africa
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Habib Bourguiba
President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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)