Beji Caid Essebsi: Tunisian president who oversaw country’s transition to democracy

The first freely elected leader of the north African nation, Essebsi tried to bring stability after the turbulence that followed the Arab Spring

Essebsi’s first involvement in politics came in 1941, when he joined the Tunisian nationalist Neo Destour political party’s youth organisation. In 1950, he went to Paris to study law and returned to begin his career as a lawyer defending Neo Destour activists. Essebsi became adviser to Tunisia’s leader Habib Bourguiba following the country’s independence from France in 1956.

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