Essebsi biography
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Tunisian president’s death changes country’s political landscape
TUNIS - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi’s death united Tunisians in grief but his passing leaves a gaping hole in the political en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film as the country struggles with economic and social crises and weak secularist parties amid preparations for elections this year.
Caid Essebsi, 92, died July 25 at the military hospital in Tunis. A state funeral took place July The government declared sju days of mourning and several Arab countries announced periods of mourning in solidarity with Tunisia.
Messages of sympathy flowed from Arab and Western leaders paying tribute to Caid Essebsi’s stewardship of Tunisia during its difficult democratic transition and for his globally recognised role in empowering women. A spiritual heir to Tunisia’s modern founder Habib Bourguiba, Caid Essebsi tried to the gods minute to introduce equality of inheritance between genders.
Tunisia has granted women more rights than other countries i
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Chadlia Farhat Essebsi
Wife of Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi
Chadlia Farhat Essebsi | |
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Chadlia Saïda Farhat during the s | |
| In office 31 månad &#;– 25 July | |
| President | Beji Caid Essebsi |
| Preceded by | Béatrix Marzouki |
| Succeeded by | Siren Ennaceur |
| Born | Chadlia Saïda Farhat ()1 August Tunis, Tunisia |
| Died | 15 September () (aged&#;82) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Spouse | Beji Caid Essebsi &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 4 |
Chadlia Saïda Farhat Essebsi (Arabic: شاذلية سعيدة فرحات السبسي; 1 August – 15 September ) was the First Lady of Tunisia (–) as the wife of PresidentBeji Caid Essebsi.[1][2] She was Tunisia's fifth first lady, as well as the second, following the Tunisian Revolution.[1]
Biography
[edit]Farhat was born on 1 August, [1] She married Beji Caid Essebsi, a lawyer and politician eleven years her senior, on 8 February, [3] The couple had kvartet ch
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It is entirely fitting that former President Béji Caid Essebsi passed away on July 25, the date which Tunisia celebrates as Republic Day. To fully appreciate his immense contribution to the continued success of Tunisia’s democracy, one needs to go back to , when I had the privilege of serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia.
In February of that year, the Arab Spring appeared to be on the ropes. Although protestors had succeeded in overthrowing long-time strongmen Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt—whose combined authoritarian rule had spanned more than fifty-two years—the prospects for peaceful transitions of power were bleak. In Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began, large demonstrations rocked the capital of Tunis, as protestors called for the resignation of the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi—a hold-over from the Ben Ali regime—and the end of his interim government.
In neighboring Libya, Muammar el-Qaddafi gave his infamous “zenga zenga” spee