Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is the former President of the Tunisian Republic. He held the office from 7 November, 1987, until he was forced to step down and flee the country on 14 January, 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and assumed the Presidency in November 1987 in a bloodless coup from then President Habib Bourguiba, who was declared incompetent.