Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali took over in a bloodless coup in 1987 - Hun Xen took over from Ranariddh in a bloody coup in 1997
14 January 2011BBC News
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali led Tunisia for 23 years before stepping down amid an unprecedented wave of street protests.
Mr Ben Ali was credited with delivering stability and a measure of economic prosperity, but he was widely criticised for suppressing political freedoms.
Mr Ben Ali was born to a modest family near the city of Sousse in 1936.
He completed his education in France and the US before rising up the hierarchy in the Tunisian security establishment and serving as ambassador to Poland in the early 1980s.
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Mr Ben Ali was credited with delivering stability and a measure of economic prosperity, but he was widely criticised for suppressing political freedoms.
Mr Ben Ali was born to a modest family near the city of Sousse in 1936.
He completed his education in France and the US before rising up the hierarchy in the Tunisian security establishment and serving as ambassador to Poland in the early 1980s.
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