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Béji Caïd Essebsi Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Height, Marriage, Contact & Information
Béji Caïd Essebsi (Arabic: باجي قائد السبسي ), born on November 29, 1926in Sidi Bou Saïd and died on July 25, 2019 at 10 a.m. at the military hospital in Tunis at the age of 92, is a Tunisian lawyer and statesman. He is the current and fourth President of the Republic. This lawyer by training had done his legal studies at the Faculty of Law in Paris until 1950 before registering on the board of the Bar of Tunis, two years later. Béji Caïd Essebsi was charged with important government responsibilities between 1963 and 1991. In 2012, he founded his own party, Nidaa Tounes, with the aim of bringing together the opposition. Despite attempts to exclude him from political life because of his membership in the RCD , he led his party to victory in the 2014 legislative elections and then won the presidential election.
Beji Caid el Sebsi Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Height, Marriage, Contact & Information
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Real name
Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi
Nickname
Beji Caid el Sebsi – ECB
Occupation
Lawyer, Former President of the Republic of Tunisia
Date of Birth
November 29, 1926
Date of death
July 25, 2019 at the age of 92
Physical characteristics
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Eye colour
Blues
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Career & Timeline
- On October 3, 1952, Béji Caïd Essebsi was sworn in at the office of lawyer Fathi Zouhir and began to plead after a few weeks.
- In 1956 and after the independence of Tunisia, he became adviser to Bourguiba.
- In 1957 and before turning thirty, he was commissioned by the Neo-Destour to lead the electoral campaign for the constituent assembly.
- On February 8, 1958 and before becoming Director General of State Security, he was appointed Head of Regional Administration
- In July 1965 he was appointed interior minister in place of Taieb Mehiri until September 8, 1969 to become ambassador to the United States. Then his departure was canceled because he was appointed, in the government of Bahri Ladgham, as Minister of Defense and Minister of State.
- In 1970, he became deputy for 5 years before becoming ambassador to France from 1970 to 1971.
- In 1981, he returned to the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs for six years after the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies.
- On March 14, 1990 he was again elected President of the Chamber of Deputies after its early dissolution on March 2 of the same year.
- In 1994 he resumed his profession as a lawyer while continuing to plead quite often before the Court of Appeal of Tunis mainly for arbitration cases.
- In 2009 he wrote the book Bourguiba, the good grain and the chaff which broke sales records.
Post-revolution career
- After the Jasmin revolution and precisely on February 27, 2011, Béji Caïd Essebsi was appointed by the president of the provisional government Fouad Mebazaa as prime minister in place of Mohamed Ghannouchi who was forced to resign.
- On December 24, 2011, he gave way to Hamadi Jebali.
- On June 16, 2012, he announced at the Palais des Congrès in Tunis his decision to create a political party of which he became president on June 29, 2012 during the meeting of the provisional commission. On July 6, 2012, the party officially obtained its authorization.
- On December 29, 2014, he was officially proclaimed President of the Tunisian Republic.
Personal data:
- Place of birth: Sidi Bou Said (Tunisia)
- Astrological sign: Capricorn
- Tunisian nationality
- Location: Presidential Palace of Carthage
- Studies: Faculty of Law of Paris
- Start of career: 1952
- Religion: Muslim
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- Political opinion :
- Neo-Destour (before 1964)
- PSD (1964-1970s)
- Independent (1970s–1980s)
- PSD (1980s-1988)
- RCD (1988-1994)
- Independent (2011-2012)
- Nidaa Tounes (since 2012)
Family & Marriage
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- Marital Status: Married
- Marriage Date: February 8, 1958
- Husband: Chadlia Saida Farhat
- Child: Amel Caid Essebsi, Mohamed Hafedh Caid Essebsi, Salwa Caid Essebsi and Khélil Caid Essebsi
Revenue
- Salary: Gross salary of 10,000 dinars per month, with a bonus of 7,000 gross dinars per month ( in 2016 )
Little known facts
- Béji Caïd Essebsi has been married to Chadlia Saïda Farhat since February 8, 1958. They have four children.
- In the program of the Ettounsiya TV channel , La Logique politique , Béji Caïd Essebsi has had his puppet since his accession to the post of Prime Minister.
- He also has one in the program Les Guignols du Maghreb broadcast on Nessma since the beginning of Ramadan 2012.
- Descendant of a very old line from a captive of Italian origin, Béji Caïd Essebsi belongs to a family of the old Tunisian bourgeoisie, made up of farmers from the former beylical administration.
- In 2016, Béji Caïd Essebsi contributed one month’s salary to the Counter-Terrorism Fund.
- He is the great-grandson of Ismaïl Caïd Essebsi, Mamluk of Sardinian origin, captured by Tunisian corsairs then introduced into the palace of Mahmoud Beyen in 1810, at the age of about ten years.
- The general coordinator of the Nidaa Tounes movement, Ridha Belhaj declared on Saturday January 19, 2019 that the President of the Republic Béji Caïd Essebsi could be the party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election, adding that Nidaa Tounes leaders want to present his candidacy “ if he wishes of course”.
- Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi was hospitalized in Tunis on June 27, 2019. Aged 92, he was the victim of a “serious illness”, according to the presidency. He would be in a “critical condition” but “stable”.
- Thursday, June 27, 2019, the Presidency of the Republic announced that the Head of State ECB suffered an acute illness which required his transport to the military hospital in Tunis. Presidential adviser Firas Guefrech assured at the start of the afternoon that the state of the President of the Republic, Béji Caïd Essebsi, is stationary.
- The fifth President of the Republic, Tunisian Bèji Caïd Essebsi, died on Thursday July 25, 2019, at the age of 93, after being admitted to the military hospital following a health problem. [ 1 ]