Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali wurde am 3 September 1936 in Tunesien geboren. Er war mit Trabelsi, Leïla und Kefi, Naïma verheiratet. Er starb am 19 September 2019 in Saudi-Arabien.
General, he became prime minister in October 1987 and deposed Habib Bourguiba on 7 November. He was ousted by the Jasmine Revolution (first of the Arab Spring) on 26 January 2011. He fled to Saudi Arabia where he died.
