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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

1936 - 2019

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisian Arabic: Zīn il-ʿĀbdīn bin ʿAlī, Standard Arabic: زَيْن الْعَابِدِين بْن عَلِيّ, romanized: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin ʿAliyy; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is the 902nd most popular politician (up from 952nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tunisian Politician.

Zine el abidine ben ali is most famous for being the president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 902 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Lee Myung-bak, and Gaius Octavius. After him are Darius II, Simon of Cyrene, Justin I, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Arnulf of Carinthia, and Alexandra of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 8. Before him are Silvio Berlusconi, Václav Havel, Sepp Blatter, Mario Vargas Llosa, Yves Saint Laurent, and Robert Redford. After him are Barry Barish, Amancio Ortega, Mikhail Tal, Ismail Kadare, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, and Margaret Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2019, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 9. Before him are Niki Lauda, Karl Lagerfeld, David J. Thouless, Mohamed Morsi, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Robert Mugabe. After him are Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, and Peter Mayhew.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 9 out of 210. Before him are Claudia Cardinale (1938), Aemilianus (207), Terence (-185), Tertullian (155), Cyprian (200), and Hasdrubal Barca (-300). After him are Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), Fatima al-Fihri (800), Masinissa (-238), Hamilcar Barca (-275), and Clodius Albinus (150).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tunisia

Among politicians born in Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 3. Before him are Hannibal (-247), and Aemilianus (207). After him are Habib Bourguiba (1903), 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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