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Middle East and North Africa
Tunisia |
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Last reviewed: 11 August 2009 |
Country information
HISTORY
Tunisia became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century and was a French protectorate from 1881 to 1956. Granted independence as a constitutional monarchy, it became a republic in 1957. Habib Bourguiba, who led the independence movement, became the first President. He was replaced in November 1987 by the then Prime Minister, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who is still in power.
