Beji Caid Essebsi, ex-minister under Tunisian dictatorship, elected president - Telegraph - 0 views
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kbrisba on 15 Mar 15Beji Caid Essebsi, 88-year-old former minister from Tunisia's years under dictatorship won the country's first ever democratic vote for president. He became the nation's new head of state with 55 percent of the vote, capping a four-year-long democratic transition.