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Fouad Mebazaa

1933 - 2025

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Fouad Mebazaa (Arabic: فؤاد المبزع, romanized: Fuʾād el-Mbazaʿ; 15 June 1933 – 23 April 2025) was a Tunisian politician who was the acting president of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011. He was active in Neo Destour prior to Tunisian independence, served as Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Public Health, and Minister of Culture and Information, and was Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia from 1991 to 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fouad Mebazaa is the 2,024th most popular politician (up from 4,109th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Tunisia (up from 29th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Tunisian Politician.

Fouad Mebazaa is most renowned for serving as Tunisia's interim president in 2011 following the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during the Tunisian Revolution. In this role, he oversaw the country's transition to democracy, including organizing elections for a constituent assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fouad Mebazaa ranks 2,024 out of 19,576. Before him are Offa of Mercia, Martin Rees, Néstor Kirchner, Aurelius Victor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Eric Bloodaxe. After him are Li Zicheng, Conrad of Montferrat, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Scipio Aemilianus, Tomislav Nikolić, and Ahaziah of Israel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Fouad Mebazaa ranks 32. Before him are Philip Roth, Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, Corazon Aquino, Mako, and Richard R. Ernst. After him are Ronald Evans, Kim Novak, Steven Weinberg, Quincy Jones, Edmund Phelps, and Álvaro Siza Vieira. Among people deceased in 2025, Fouad Mebazaa ranks 22. Before him are Ágnes Keleti, Horst Köhler, Aga Khan IV, George E. Smith, George Foreman, and Sofia Gubaidulina. After him are Frederick Forsyth, Richard Williamson, Dražen Dalipagić, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Geneviève Page, and Roberta Flack.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Fouad Mebazaa ranks 18 out of 210. Before him are Fatima al-Fihri (800), Masinissa (-238), Hamilcar Barca (-275), Clodius Albinus (150), Mago Barca (-243), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (-100). After him are Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Hanno the Great (-300), Himilco (-550), Julia of Corsica (420), Pierre Agostini (1941), and Gunthamund (450).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tunisia

Among politicians born in Tunisia, Fouad Mebazaa ranks 10. Before him are Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), Masinissa (-238), Clodius Albinus (150), Mago Barca (-243), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (-100). After him are Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Hanno the Great (-300), Gunthamund (450), Kais Saied (1958), Moncef Marzouki (1945), and Mohamed Ghannouchi (1941).

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