Beji Caid Essebsi

President of Tunisia

29 November 1926 Sidi Bou Said, French Tunisia

25 July 2019(2019-07-25) (92) Tunis, Tunisia

31 December 2014 – 25 July 2019

President of Tunisia from 2014 to his death in 2019 Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; Arabic: محمد الباجي قائد السبسي ‎, romanized: Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī, pronunciation  (help ·info ) ; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian statesman who was the President of Tunisia from 31 December 2014 until his death on 25 July 2019. Previously, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and as Prime Minister from February 2011 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.