Beji Caid Essebsi
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Beji Caid Essebsi 🇹🇳

الباجي قائد السبسي (Known as "Baji Qaid al-Sibsi")
President of Tunisia (2014–2019), Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Born Nov 29, 1926 🇹🇳 Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Passed Away Jul 25, 2019 Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan 92 years old
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"The elder statesman of democratic consensus who guided the Republic through historic crossroads."

Archival Overview

Fifth President of Tunisia and the first democratically elected president by universal suffrage, whose consensus leadership steered Tunisia's democratic transition following the 2011 Revolution.

Biographical Record

Beji Caid Essebsi was a veteran statesman who served Bourguiba as Minister of Interior, Defense, and Foreign Affairs, playing a pivotal role in Arab and African diplomacy. Following the 2011 Revolution, he stepped forward as interim Prime Minister to organize the successful democratic Constituent Assembly elections.

In 2014, he was elected President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. He championed the landmark 2014 Constitution, promoted women's inheritance equality reforms (COLIBE), and preserved civil peace through consensus governance until his death in office on Republic Day, July 25, 2019.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7869, 10.1839
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