In 1999, Ben Ali became the first Tunisian president to actually face an opponent, but won a third full term with an implausible total of 99.4 percent.

The fight over the reform wording, among other issues, provoked tensions in March that prompted the Tunisian president to postpone the meeting.

In 2006, the former Tunisian president declared that he would "fight" the hijab, which he refers to as "ethnic clothing".

Cecil Fadlo Hourani used to be an author and also advisor to Habib Bourguiba, the late Tunisian president.

In early 2011, following the Tunisian revolution that resulted in the overthrow of the long-time Tunisian president, opposition parties attempted to the do the same in Yemen.

The airport was originally named after the former Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The attack also harmed relations between the US administration and the Tunisian president, Habib Bourguiba.

The Tunisian president is a ruthless tyrant, you say?

The opening session started with the Tunisian president, Zine el-Abidine ben Ali, asking everyone to stand in a moment of silence for Palestinian victims.

And, just like the old constitution of the hated former regime, it states that the Tunisian president must be a Muslim.