Zine El Abidine Ben Ali7 November 1987
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumed the presidency after Habib Bourguiba was declared medically unfit.
Tunisia · Government / Government of Tunisia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumed the presidency after Habib Bourguiba was declared medically unfit.
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