Ruler · 1903 – 2000
Habib Bourguiba
Lived 1903 – 2000; politician. President of Tunisia (Tunisia), 1957 – 1987.
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- Lived
- 1903 – 2000
- 97 years
- In office
- 30 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 1
- Tunisia
- Left it
- deposed
- the ruler's own article
President of Tunisia
Tunisia · the 2nd of 9 dated reigns · 1956 – 2019
Habib Bourguiba1957 – 1987
Reigned 1957 – 1987 · 30 years · came to it aged 54
- Came to it
- appointed
- Left it
- deposedread from the ruler's own article
Following the country's independence in 1956, Bourguiba was appointed prime minister by king Muhammad VIII al-Amin and acted as de facto ruler before proclaiming the Republic on 25 July 1957.
On 7 November 1987, he was removed from power by his prime minister, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and kept under house arrest in a residence in Monastir.
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