1936 - 2019
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي, Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali (Arabic: بن علي) or Ezzine (Arabic: الزين), was a Tunisian politician who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 until his fall in 2011 after the revolution of Tunisia . Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987. He assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him incompetent. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has received more than 1,050,892 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is the 739th most popular politician (down from 712th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tunisia (up from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tunisian Politician.
Zine el abidine ben ali is most famous for being the president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011.
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Among politicians, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 739 out of 15,710. Before him are Hugo Chávez, Boudica, Publius Quinctilius Varus, Ngo Dinh Diem, Alexis of Russia, and Henry I of England. After him are Cleopatra I Syra, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Phocas, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Anastasius I Dicorus, and Benjamin Harrison.
1954 - 2013
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 733
33 - 61
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 734
46 BC - 9
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 735
1901 - 1963
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 736
1629 - 1676
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 737
1068 - 1135
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 738
1936 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 739
204 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 740
980 - 1002
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 741
547 - 610
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 742
990 - 1039
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 743
430 - 518
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 744
1833 - 1901
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 745
Among people born in 1936, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 11. Before him are Robert Redford, Sepp Blatter, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ken Loach, Andrei Chikatilo, and Valery Legasov. After him are Amancio Ortega, Mikhail Tal, Wilt Chamberlain, David Carradine, Barack Obama Sr., and Richard Bach. Among people deceased in 2019, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 6. Before him are Toni Morrison, Karl Lagerfeld, Jacques Chirac, Niki Lauda, and Robert Mugabe. After him are Bruno Ganz, Rutger Hauer, Alexei Leonov, Agnès Varda, Franco Zeffirelli, and Doris Day.
1936 - Present
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 5
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 6
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 7
1936 - Present
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 8
1936 - 1994
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 9
1936 - 1988
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 10
1936 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 11
1936 - Present
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 12
1936 - 1992
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 13
1936 - 1999
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 14
1936 - 2009
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 15
1936 - 1982
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 16
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 17
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 1
1933 - 2019
HPI: 82.64
Rank: 2
1932 - 2019
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 3
1949 - 2019
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 4
1924 - 2019
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 5
1936 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 6
1941 - 2019
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 7
1944 - 2019
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 8
1934 - 2019
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 9
1928 - 2019
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 10
1923 - 2019
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 11
1922 - 2019
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 12
Among people born in Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 8 out of 163. Before him are Ibn Khaldun (1332), Claudia Cardinale (1938), Tertullian (155), Terence (-185), Hamilcar Barca (-275), and Cyprian (200). After him are Aemilianus (207), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), Hasdrubal Barca (-300), Masinissa (-238), and Mago Barca (-243).
1332 - 1406
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1938 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 3
155 - 220
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 4
185 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 5
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 6
200 - 258
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 7
1936 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 8
207 - 253
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 9
1903 - 2000
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 10
190 - 238
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 11
300 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12
238 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 13
243 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 14
Among politicians born in Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ranks 2. Before him are Hannibal (-183). After him are Aemilianus (207), Habib Bourguiba (1903), Gordian II (190), Masinissa (-238), Mago Barca (-243), Clodius Albinus (150), Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Gunthamund (450), Sophonisba (-300), and Hasdrubal the Fair (-270).
183 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 1
1936 - 2019
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 2
207 - 253
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 3
1903 - 2000
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 4
190 - 238
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 5
238 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 6
243 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 7
150 - 197
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 8
1926 - 2019
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 9
450 - 477
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 10
300 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 11
270 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 12