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Beji Caid Essebsi الباجي قائد السبسي
5th President of Tunisia
In office 31 December 2014 – 25 July 2019
Prime Minister	Mehdi Jomaa Habib Essid Youssef Chahed
Preceded by	Moncef Marzouki
Succeeded by	Mohamed Ennaceur (acting)
Prime Minister of Tunisia
In office 27 February 2011 – 24 December 2011
President	Fouad Mebazaa (Acting) Moncef Marzouki
Preceded by	Mohamed Ghannouchi
Succeeded by	Hamadi Jebali
President of Chamber of Deputies
In office 14 March 1990 – 9 October 1991
President	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Preceded by	Slaheddine Baly
Succeeded by	Habib Boularès
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 15 April 1981 – 15 September 1986
Prime Minister	Mohammed Mzali Rachid Sfar
Preceded by	Hassen Belkhodja
Succeeded by	Hédi Mabrouk
Personal details
Born	(1926-11-26)26 November 1926 Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Died	25 July 2019(2019-07-25) (aged 92) Tunis, Tunisia
Political party	Democratic Constitutional Rally (Before 2011) Independent (2011–2012) Call of Tunisia (2012–2019)
Spouse(s)	Chadlia Saïda Farhat ​ ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	Amel Mohamed Hafedh Salwa Khélil

Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi (or el-Sebsi, Arabic: محمد الباجي قائد السبسي, Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sabsī; 29 November 1926 – 25 July 2019) was a Tunisian lawyer and politician. He was the fifth President of Tunisia from 2014 until his death in 2019. He was elected in the first presidential election that followed the Tunisian Revolution. From 27 February 2011 to 24 December 2011, he was the Prime Minister of Tunisia.^[1][2]

On 27 June 2019, Essebsi was hospitalized at a military hospital in Tunis under critical condition due to a "severe medical crisis".^[3] The following day his condition stabilized.^[4] He died a month later on 25 July after being hospitalized after having a "medical scare" in Tunis at the age of 92.^[5]

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