Beji Caid Essebsi

Tunisia: Conservative law professor wins presidential race
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Tunisia: Conservative law professor wins presidential race

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s election commission said a preliminary count shows Islamist-backed law professor Kais Saied has won the…
Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies in exile
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Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies in exile

Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died…
Tunisian candidates start their presidential campaigns
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Tunisian candidates start their presidential campaigns

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian presidential candidates began campaigning on Monday for the Sept. 15 election against a backdrop of economic…
Women seeking Tunisian presidency say it’s time for change
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Women seeking Tunisian presidency say it’s time for change

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian women can seek abortions, file for divorce and enjoy other rights unheard of in some…
Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates
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Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month’s…
Tunisian defense minister Zbidi submits bid to run for president
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Tunisian defense minister Zbidi submits bid to run for president

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi submitted his candidacy for a presidential election on Sept. 15 as an…
Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
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Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the…
Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali
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Tunisia’s Essebsi shaped transition since overthrow of Ben Ali

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped shape his country’s democratic transition after a 2011 revolution ended…
Tunisian President Essebsi has died: presidency
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Tunisian President Essebsi has died: presidency

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy…
Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia
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Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) – Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the next parliamentary…
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