Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

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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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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