Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

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head of state human politician president

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was the authoritarian leader of Tunisia from 1987 until his ouster during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

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Ben Ali 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
president ⓘ
accusedOf corruption ⓘ
electoral fraud ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
cameToPowerBy bloodless coup ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
convictedInAbsentiaBy judicial branch of Tunisia ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian courts
convictedOf drug trafficking ⓘ
embezzlement ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ
countryOfBirth Tunisia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Tunisia ⓘ
countryOfDeath Saudi Arabia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-09-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfExile 2011-01-14 ⓘ
education Artillery School of Châlons-sur-Marne ⓘ
U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence ⓘ
surface form: Senior Intelligence School (United States)

École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr ⓘ
surface form: École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
era Arab Spring ⓘ
surface form: Arab Spring era
familyName Zine El Abidine Ben Ali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ben Ali
fledTo Saudi Arabia ⓘ
fullName Zine El Abidine Ben Ali self-link ⓘ
givenName Zine El Abidine ⓘ
governmentTypeDuringRule authoritarian regime ⓘ
ideology authoritarianism ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Constitutional Democratic Rally ⓘ
militaryBranch Tunisian Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
notableFor being ousted during the 2011 Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
officeEnd 2011-01-14 ⓘ
officeStart 1987-11-07 ⓘ
overthrew Habib Bourguiba ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hammam Sousse ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jeddah ⓘ
positionHeld Director of National Security of Tunisia ⓘ
Minister of the Interior of Tunisia ⓘ
President of Tunisia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Tunisia ⓘ
predecessor Habib Bourguiba ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
spouse Leïla Ben Ali ⓘ
Naïma Kefi ⓘ
successor Fouad Mebazaa ⓘ
wasDeposedDuring Arab Spring ⓘ
Tunisian Revolution ⓘ

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → familyName → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → fullName → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali self-link ⓘ
President of Tunisia → notableOfficeHolder → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
Tunisian Revolution → opponent → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
Habib Bourguiba → replacedBy → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
Beji Caid Essebsi → workedUnder → Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ