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Tunisia's Ben Ali: Act or Be Acted Upon |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Smith Hempstone |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 2,406 Words, 14,687 Characters |
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Like many small boys, Ben Ali was always tinkering with things, and his youthful ambition was to grow up to be an electronics engineer. Instead, he recently deposed an Arab nationalist demigod to become, at age 51, Tunisia's second president in 31 years of independence.
Along the way to the top, clean-shaven, darkly handsome Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali scarcely set a foot wrong. Born near Sousse in central Tunisia of middle-class parents, Ben Ali was in his third year of university study for a degree in electronics when Tunisia of middle-class parents, Ben Ali was in his third year of university study for a degree in electronics when Tunisia gained its independence from France in 1956.
Like most Tunisians, Ben Ali was an ardent nationalist who revered the charismatic Tunisian Presi...
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... To the extent that this is reflected in the new president's policies, they will be more Arab in coloration than Bourguiba's.
Ben Ali's rise has been both meteoric and sure-footed. His constitutional coup against Bourguiba was both perfectly timed and flawlessly implemented. Now comes the hard part: consolidating his power and rebuilding both the body politic and the economy of Tunisia.
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