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Cyrine el abidine

Head of government tunisia

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Habib Burgiba

First president of Tunisia.

Date of Birth: 03.08.1903
Country: Tunisia

Biography of Habib Bourguiba

Early Life and Political Activism

Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian politician and the first president of Tunisia.

He served as the president from July 25, 1957, to November 7, 1987. In his youth, Bourguiba was a lawyer and publisher of several newspapers. He was an activist for the Destour Party and frequently faced imprisonment for his agitation against French colonial authorities.

During World War II, he was released from arrest by the Nazis in 1942 and was received by Mussolini in 1943, who hoped to sway him to his side.

Jasmine movement

However, Bourguiba returned to Africa and in a speech on April 7, 1943, declared his confidence in the defeat of Germany and Italy, calling for resistance against them. After the war, he traveled to many European countries, raising funds for the anti-colonial movement in Tunisia.

In 1949, Bourguiba returned to Tunisia and continued hi