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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي, Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali (Arabic: بن علي) or Ezzine (Arabic: الزين), was a Tunisian politician who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 until his fall in 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987. He assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him incompetent. Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; his final re-election coming on 25 October 2009. Ben Ali was the penultimate surviving leader deposed in the Arab Spring who was survived by Hosni Mubarak, the latter passing due to kidney failure in February 2020.
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Zine El Abidine Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen Ben Ali 3 September 1936 Hammam Sousse, French Tunisia
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19 September 2019 (aged 83) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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