"You have suffered a great loss. There is none better than Zine to govern Tunisia. Tunisia, a developed country that is a tourist destination, is becoming prey to hooded gangs, to thefts and fire. [The conditions in Tunisia reflect] chaos with no end in sight. I am concerned for the people of Tunisia, whose sons are dying each day. And for what? In order for someone to become president instead of Ben Ali? I do not know these new people, but we all knew Ben Ali and the transformation that was achieved in Tunisia. Why are you destroying all of that? [Do not be fooled by] WikiLeaks which publishes information written by lying ambassadors in order to create chaos."
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Muammar Gaddafi, regarding the Tunisian Revolution, (January 2011)..
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (3 September 1936 - 19 September 2019) was the second President of Tunisia. He took power in a coup in 1987. During the Tunisian revolution he had to leave office on the 14th January 2011, and fled to Saudi Arabia where he died in exile.
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