Tunisia president dies at 92 | kuwaittimes

(FILES) A file photo taken on November 8, 2018 shows Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi giving a press conference in Carthage Palace near Tunis concerning the cabinet reshuffle. - Essebsi has been admitted to intensive care on July 25, 2019, according to his son. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisia president dies at 92

By Kuwait Times

July 25, 2019 | 01:32 p.m EDT

TUNIS: A file photo shows Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi giving a press conference in Carthage Palace near Tunis concerning the cabinet reshuffle.-AFP

TUNIS: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected leader, died today at the age of 92, his office said. The veteran politician, the oldest head of state after Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, came to power in 2014, three years after the Arab Spring uprising toppled longtime despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked revolts in several Arab nations. He had been hospitalized with a severe illness in late June and was returned to intensive care today.--AFP

July 25, 2019 01:32 PM

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