Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
French protectorate of Tunisia
independent politician
chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity
government
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 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.
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Sep 26, 2026
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Not directly in the articles, but the Tunisia political context remains live in francophone coverage.
Renaissance uses the memory of authoritarian drift in the Maghreb to argue for democratic consolidation and against RN's nostalgia for strongman politics.