Saturday, January 3, 2015

Beji Caid Essebsi New President of Tunisia








Beji Caid Essebsi
الباجي قائد السبسي
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3rd President of Tunisia
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 December 2014
Prime MinisterMehdi Jomaa
Preceded byMoncef Marzouki (Interim)
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office
27 February 2011 – 24 December 2011
PresidentFouad Mebazaa (Acting)
Moncef Marzouki (Interim)
Preceded byMohamed Ghannouchi
Succeeded byHamadi Jebali
President of Chamber of Deputies
In office
14 March 1990 – 9 October 1991
PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali
Preceded bySlaheddine Baly
Succeeded byHabib Boularès
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
15 April 1981 – 15 September 1986
Prime MinisterMohammed Mzali
Rachid Sfar
Preceded byHassen Belkhodja
Succeeded byHédi Mabrouk
Personal details
BornMohamed Beji Caid Essebsi
26 November 1926 (age 88)
Sidi Bou SaidTunisia
Political partyDemocratic Constitutional Rally (Before 2011)
Independent (2011–2012)
Call of Tunisia (2012–present)
Spouse(s)Chadlia Saïda Farhat
ChildrenAmel
Mohamed Hafedh
Salwa
Khélil
ReligionIslam
Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi (or el-SebsiArabicمحمد الباجي قائد السبسي‎,Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sabsī;[pronunciation?] born 29 November 1926) is aTunisian politician who has been President of Tunisia since December 2014. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and asPrime Minister from February 2011 to December 2011.[1][2]
Essebsi is the founder of the Nidaa Tounes political party, which won a plurality in the 2014 parliamentary election. In December 2014, he won the first regularpresidential election following the Tunisian Revolution, becoming Tunisia's first freely elected president.
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