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''Zine El Abidine Ben Ali~~'''''~~ (born September 3, 1936) is 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. Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; the final reelection was on 25 October 2009.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (born September 3, 1936) is 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. 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering money laundering] and 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 jewellery. In June 2012, a Tunisian court sentenced him ''in absentia'' to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder.

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-''Zine El Abidine Ben Ali''''' (born September 3, 1936) is 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.
+Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (born September 3, 1936) is 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering money laundering] and 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 jewellery<sup>.</sup> In June 2012, a Tunisian court sentenced him ''in absentia'' to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder.