Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi was born on November 29, 1926. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Beji Caid Essebsi
Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; Arabic: الباجي قائد السبسي, romanized: al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī, ; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian politician who served as the fourth president of Tunisia from 2014 until his death in 2019. Previously, he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1986 and prime minister from February to December 2011. Essebsi's political career spanned six decades, culminating in his leadership of Tunisia in its transition to democracy. Essebsi was the founder of the Nidaa Tounes political party, which won a plurality in the 2014 parliamentary election. In December 2014, he won the first regular presidential election following the Tunisian Revolution, becoming Tunisia's first democratically elected president.