Bourguiba habib biography definition

Habib Bourguiba, the first leader of independent Tunisia, was born on August 3, 1903, in Monastir, Tunisia, then a French protectorate. His parents were Ali Bourguiba and Fatouma Khefacha. His father sent him to Tunis when he was five to pursue his studies at the Sadiki primary school. He then attended high school, graduating in 1924. Bourguiba then moved to France where he studied law and political science at the Sorbonne.

After completing his studies, Bourguiba returned to Tunisia where he practiced law and also became involved in politics. In 1933 he founded a pro-independence newspaper and became active in the Destour (constitution) party. He felt the party was too conservative and in 1934 founded the New Destour party, becoming Secretary-General of the new organization. His political activism resulted in confrontations with the French authorities. On September 3, 1934, Bourguiba was arrested, tried, and sent to a prison in the Tunisian desert.

In 1936 Bourguiba was released b

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Habib Bourguiba

Habib Bourguiba (born 1903) was president of the Tunisian Republic and played a primordial role in leading his country's nationalist struggle for independence.

Habib Bourguiba was born on Aug. 3, 1903, at Monastir into a modest family. He completed secondary school in Tunis, adhering to the Destour, or liberal constitutional, party. In 1924 he won a scholarship to study political science and law in Paris. Upon returning to Tunis, he joined the bar and in 1930 launched his political career as a Destourian militant. He founded the newspaper Tunisian Action, in which he defined his political goal as the development of a modernist, revolutionary, and laic nationalism.

Early Political Life

In 1934 Bourguiba founded the more radical Neo-Destour party. His dynamism so disturbed the French resident general that Bourguiba was deported to the south, where he remained for two years. He was liberated when the Popular Front government in France attempted to liberalize

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Habib Bourguiba

President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987

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Habib Bourguiba (boor-GHEE-bə; Tunisian Arabic: الحبيب بورقيبة, romanized: il-Ḥbīb Būrgībah; Standard Arabic: الحبيب أبو رقيبة, romanized: al-Ḥabīb Abū Ruqaybah; 3 August 1903^[a] – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from 1956 to 1957 as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia (1956–1957) then as the first president of Tunisia (1957–1987). Prior to his presidency, he led the nation to independence from France, ending the 75-year-old protectorate and earning the title of "Supreme Combatant".

Born in Monastir to a poor family, he attended Sadiki College and Lycé