Chokri Belaid

(1964-2013)

Tunisian politician

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Chokri Belaïd (Arabic: شكري بلعيد, Shukrī Bil‘īd; 26 November 1964 – 6 February 2013), also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian politician and lawyer who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots' Movement. Belaïd was a vocal critic of the Ben Ali regime prior to the 2011 Tunisian revolution and of the then Islamist-led Tunisian government. On 6 February 2013, he was fatally shot outside his house in El Menzah, close to the Tunisian capital, Tunis. As a result of his assassination, Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced his plan to dissolve the existing national government and to form a temporary "national unity" government.

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Born	Chokri Belaïd 26 November 1964 Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Died	6 February 2013 (aged 48) El Menzah, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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