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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynalabdin_bin_%C6%8Fli" title="Zeynalabdin bin Əli – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Zeynalabdin bin Əli" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BD_%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Зін эль-Абідзін Бен Алі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Зін эль-Абідзін Бен Алі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BD_%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Зін эль-Абідзін Бэн Алі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Зін эль-Абідзін Бэн Алі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Зин Абидин бен Али – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Зин Абидин бен Али" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%ADn_Abid%C3%ADn_bin_Al%C3%AD" title="Zín Abidín bin Alí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zín Abidín bin Alí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A" title="زين لعابدين بنعلي – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="زين لعابدين بنعلي" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-%E2%80%98%C4%80bid%C4%ABn_bin_%E2%80%98Al%C4%AB" title="Zayn al-‘Ābidīn bin ‘Alī – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Zayn al-‘Ābidīn bin ‘Alī" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%95%CE%BB_%CE%91%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BD_%CE%86%CE%BB%CE%B9" title="Ζιν Ελ Αμπιντίν Μπεν Άλι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ζιν Ελ Αμπιντίν Μπεν Άλι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin_el_Abidine_Ben-Al%C3%AC" title="Zin el Abidine Ben-Alì – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Zin el Abidine Ben-Alì" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="زین‌العابدین بن‌علی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زین‌العابدین بن‌علی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9D%B8_%EC%97%98%EC%95%84%EB%B9%84%EB%94%94%EB%84%A4_%EB%B2%A4_%EC%95%8C%EB%A6%AC" title="제인 엘아비디네 벤 알리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제인 엘아비디네 벤 알리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_al-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="ज़ीन अल अबिदीन बेन अली – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ज़ीन अल अबिदीन बेन अली" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zainal_Abidin_bin_Ali" title="Zainal Abidin bin Ali – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Zainal Abidin bin Ali" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%A2%D7%90%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99" title="זין אל-עאבדין בן עלי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="זין אל-עאבדין בן עלי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ზინ ელ-აბიდინ ბენ ალი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ზინ ელ-აბიდინ ბენ ალი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C4%ABna_el_Abid%C4%ABns_Ben_Al%C4%AB" title="Zīna el Abidīns Ben Alī – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Zīna el Abidīns Ben Alī" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinas_Al_Abidinas_Ben_Ali" title="Zinas Al Abidinas Ben Ali – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Zinas Al Abidinas Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin_el_Abidine_Ben-Al%C3%AC" title="Zin el Abidine Ben-Alì – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Zin el Abidine Ben-Alì" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%ADn_el-%C3%81bid%C3%ADn_ben_Ali" title="Zín el-Ábidín ben Ali – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Zín el-Ábidín ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="झिने एल अबिदिन बेन अली – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="झिने एल अबिदिन बेन अली" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89" title="زين العابدين بن على – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="زين العابدين بن على" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="زین‌العابدین بن علی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="زین‌العابدین بن علی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="ザイン・アル＝アービディーン・ベン・アリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ザイン・アル＝アービディーン・ベン・アリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-Abidin_bin_Ali" title="Zayn al-Abidin bin Ali – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Zayn al-Abidin bin Ali" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A" title="زين العابدين بن علي – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="زين العابدين بن علي" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zajn_al-Abidin_ibn_Ali" title="Zajn al-Abidin ibn Ali – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zajn al-Abidin ibn Ali" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Зин аль-Абидин Бен Али – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Зин аль-Абидин Бен Али" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_al-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%95%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%95%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C" title="زەینەلعابدین کوڕی عەلی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="زەینەلعابدین کوڕی عەلی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Зин ел Абидин ибн Али – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Зин ел Абидин ибн Али" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_el-Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-Abidin_Ben_Ali" title="Zayn al-Abidin Ben Ali – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Zayn al-Abidin Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin_L%C9%9Babidin_Ben_%C6%90li" title="Zin Lɛabidin Ben Ɛli – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Zin Lɛabidin Ben Ɛli" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Зин әл-Габидин бин Гали – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Зин әл-Габидин бин Гали" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5" title="ซัยนุลอาบิดีน บิน อะลี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ซัยนุลอาบิดีน บิน อะลี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D3%A3" title="Зайналобуддин бин Алӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Зайналобуддин бин Алӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynel_Abidin_Bin_Ali" title="Zeynel Abidin Bin Ali – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Zeynel Abidin Bin Ali" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Зін аль-Абідін бен Алі – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Зін аль-Абідін бен Алі" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C" title="زین العابدین بن علی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="زین العابدین بن علی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B0%E5%9B%A0%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%AF%94%E4%B8%81%C2%B7%E6%9C%AC%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E9%87%8C" title="宰因·阿比丁·本·阿里 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="宰因·阿比丁·本·阿里" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali" title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Zine El Abidine Ben Ali" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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class="new" title="List of Presidents of Tunisia (not yet started)">2nd</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Tunisia" title="President of Tunisia">President of Tunisia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 November 1987 – 15 January 2011<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting to 2 April 1989)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9di_Baccouche" title="Hédi Baccouche">Hédi Baccouche</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hamed_Karoui" title="Hamed Karoui">Hamed Karoui</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Ghannouchi" title="Mohamed Ghannouchi">Mohamed Ghannouchi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Habib_Bourguiba" title="Habib Bourguiba">Habib Bourguiba</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rachid_Sfar" title="Rachid Sfar">Rachid Sfar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9di_Baccouche" title="Hédi Baccouche">Hédi Baccouche</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1936-09-03</span>)</span>September 3, 1936<br /><a href="/wiki/Hammam_Sousse" title="Hammam Sousse">Hammam Sousse</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Tunisia" class="mw-redirect" title="French Tunisia">French Tunisia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 19, 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-09-19)</span> (aged 83)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democratic_Constitutional_Rally&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Democratic Constitutional Rally (not yet started)">Democratic Constitutional Rally</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leila_Ben_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leila Ben Ali (not yet started)">Leila Ben Ali</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Zine El Abidine Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen Ben Ali</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali</b> (September 3, 1936 – September 19, 2019) was the second <a href="/wiki/President_of_Tunisia" title="President of Tunisia">President of Tunisia</a> from 1987 to 2011. </p><p>On January 14, 2011, he was forced to leave Tunisia and go to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> with his wife Leïla Ben Ali and their three children after a month of protests against his rule. The <a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a> started in <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Birth">Birth</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Birth" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Birth"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali was born in <a href="/wiki/Hammam_Sousse" title="Hammam Sousse">Hammam Sousse</a> on September 3, 1936. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_before_Presidency">Work before Presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Work before Presidency" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Work before Presidency"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was assigned to manage (direct and take care) the Defense Military Security in 1964, and worked there until 1974. He was then promoted (his grade was changed to a superior one) to director-general of National Security at the Ministry of Interior in 1977. After that, he was assigned to take care of relations between Tunisia and the <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Kingdom of Morocco</a>. </p><p>After being the <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassador</a> of Tunisia in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, he returned to National Security. </p><p>Right before becoming the President of Tunisian Republic, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" title="Prime Minister">Prime Minister</a> and the constitutional successor on October 1, 1987. </p><p>Five weeks after his promotion he, officially, became the Second President of Tunisia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Controversy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Controversy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The way that Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali governs had cause some problems with groups including the <a href="/wiki/Al-Jazeera" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Jazeera">Al-Jazeera</a> channel. Al-Jazeera does not believe it is correct for Ben Ali to say that <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> women wearing headscarves (religious clothes) in <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/public" class="extiw" title="wikt:public">public</a> places must take then off and say that they will not wear them in public again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Death" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Death"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ben Ali died at a hospital in <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prostate_cancer" title="Prostate cancer">prostate cancer</a> on September 19, 2019 at the age of 83.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zine_El_Abidine_Ben_Ali&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span 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