Editing Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.jpg
|fullname = Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
|alias = Ben Ali
|origin = Hammam Sousse, French Tunisia
|occupation = President of Tunisia (1987 - 2011)
|type of villain = Corrupt Official
|goals = Avoid being prosecuted for his crimes (successful)
|crimes = [[Embezzlement]]<br>[[Money laundering]]<br>[[Drug trafficking]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Censorship]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[War crimes]]
|hobby = }}'''Zine El Abidine Ben Ali''' (September 3, 1936 - September 19, 2019) was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia Tunisian] political figure who was the second [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Tunisia President of Tunisia] from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Tunisia Prime Minister] in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba], who was declared incompetent<sup>.</sup> Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; the final reelection was on 25 October 2009.

On 14 January 2011, following a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_revolution month of protests] against his rule, he was forced to flee to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia Saudi Arabia] along with his wife [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%AFla_Ben_Ali Leïla Ben Ali] and their three children. The interim Tunisian government asked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol Interpol] to issue an international arrest warrant, charging him for [[money laundering]] and [[Illegal Drug Trade|drug trafficking]]. A Tunisian court sentenced Ben Ali and his wife ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_absentia in absentia]'' to 35 years in prison on 20 June 2011 on charges of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewelry <sup>.</sup> In June 2012, a Tunisian court sentenced him ''in absentia'' to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder.