Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali nasceu o 3 de setembro de 1936 na Tunísia. Foi casado com Trabelsi, Leïla e Kefi, Naïma. Morreu o 19 de setembro de 2019 na Arábia Saudita.
General, he became prime minister in October 1987 and deposed Habib Bourguiba on 7 November. He was ousted by the Jasmine Revolution (first of the Arab Spring) on 26 January 2011. He fled to Saudi Arabia where he died.
