Habib Bourguiba was Tunisia’s first president, serving from 1957 to 1987. He was born on August 3, 1903, in Monastir, Tunisia, to a family of modest means. His father was a government official and his mother was a schoolteacher. Bourguiba received his education in Tunisia and France. He studied law at the University of Paris and became a lawyer in 1927. He returned to Tunisia in 1930 and...
Tunisia’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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