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Habib Bourguiba

1903 - 2000

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Habib Bourguiba (3 August 1903 – 6 April 2000) 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". Born in Monastir to a poor family, he attended Sadiki College and Lycée Carnot in Tunis before obtaining his baccalaureate in 1924. He graduated from the University of Paris and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in 1927 and returned to Tunis to practice law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Habib Bourguiba is the 986th most popular politician (down from 820th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Tunisian Politician.

Habib Bourguiba was the first president of Tunisia. He is most famous for his modernization efforts, including making education free and mandatory.

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Among politicians, Habib Bourguiba ranks 986 out of 19,576. Before him are Giorgio Napolitano, Emmanuel Macron, Alexander Van der Bellen, Phocas, Bimbisara, and Tiberius III. After him are Steve Bannon, John VIII Palaiologos, Owain Glyndŵr, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Gladwyn Jebb, and Isabel Martínez de Perón.

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Among people born in 1903, Habib Bourguiba ranks 12. Before him are Georges Simenon, Theodor W. Adorno, George Beadle, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, C. F. Powell, and Adolf Butenandt. After him are Fernandel, Mark Rothko, Jan Tinbergen, Andrey Kolmogorov, Galeazzo Ciano, and Vladimir Horowitz. Among people deceased in 2000, Habib Bourguiba ranks 7. Before him are Hafez al-Assad, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, Willard Van Orman Quine, Władysław Szpilman, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. After him are Emil Zátopek, Arkan, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, Louis Néel, and Roger Vadim.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba ranks 10 out of 210. Before him are Aemilianus (207), Terence (-185), Tertullian (155), Cyprian (200), Hasdrubal Barca (-300), and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936). After him are Gordian II (190), Fatima al-Fihri (800), Masinissa (-238), Hamilcar Barca (-275), Clodius Albinus (150), and Mago Barca (-243).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tunisia

Among politicians born in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba ranks 4. Before him are Hannibal (-247), Aemilianus (207), and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936). After him are Gordian II (190), Masinissa (-238), Clodius Albinus (150), Mago Barca (-243), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (-100), Fouad Mebazaa (1933), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), and Hanno the Great (-300).

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