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Tunisian presidential election, 2014

Index Tunisian presidential election, 2014

A presidential election was held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, a month after the parliamentary election. [1]

64 relations: Abderrahim Zouari, Abderraouf Ayadi, Abderrazak Kilani, Ahmed Najib Chebbi, Ali Laarayedh, Associated Press, August 2013 Rabaa massacre, Beji Caid Essebsi, Congress for the Republic, Constitution of Tunisia, Curfew, Current of Love, Democratic Alliance Party, Democratic Alliance Party (Tunisia), Democratic Constitutional Rally, Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties, Destourian Movement, El Hamma, Ennahda Movement, Facebook, Force majeure, Fouad Mebazaa, Free Patriotic Union, Gallup (company), Hamadi Jebali, Hamma Hammami, Higher Political Reform Commission, Kamel Morjane, Mehdi Jomaa, Mohamed Bouazizi, Mohamed Brahmi, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi, Moncef Marzouki, Mondher Zenaidi, Mustapha Ben Jafar, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, National Destourian Initiative, National unity government, Nidaa Tounes, Popular Front (Tunisia), President of Tunisia, Rached Ghannouchi, Radio France Internationale, Republican Party (Tunisia), Reuters, Safi Saïd, Self-immolation, Sidi Bouzid, Siliana Governorate, ..., Slim Riahi, Taïeb Baccouche, Tataouine, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014, Tunisian presidential election, 2014, Tunisian Revolution, Voice of the People of Tunisia, Wafa Movement, Walid Bennani, Workers' Party (Tunisia), Yadh Ben Achour, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Expand index (14 more) »

Abderrahim Zouari

Abderrahim Zouari (عبد الرحيم الزواري; born 18 April 1944) is a Tunisian politician.

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Abderraouf Ayadi

Abderraouf Ayadi (عبد الرؤوف العيادي; born 12 February 1950 in Manouba, Tunisia) is a Tunisian human rights activist, politician and lawyer.

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Abderrazak Kilani

Abderrazak Kilani (عبد الرزاق الكيلاني; born 25 June 1954) is a Tunisian politician and lawyer.

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Ahmed Najib Chebbi

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Ali Laarayedh

Ali Laarayedh (علي العريّض,; born 15 August 1955) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 2013 to 2014.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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August 2013 Rabaa massacre

On 14 August 2013, Egyptian security forces and army under the command of general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi raided two camps of protesters in Cairo: one at al-Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square.

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Beji Caid Essebsi

Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi, محمد الباجي قائد السبسي,; born 29 November 1926) is a Tunisian politician who has been President of Tunisia since December 2014.

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Congress for the Republic

The Congress for the Republic (المؤتمر من أجل الجمهورية,; Congrès pour la République), also referred to as El Mottamar or by its French acronym CPR, is a centre-left secular political party in Tunisia.

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Constitution of Tunisia

The Constitution of Tunisia is the supreme law of the Tunisian Republic.

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Curfew

A curfew is an order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply.

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Current of Love

The Current of Love or Tayar el-Mahaba (تيار المحبة, Courant de l'amour), before May 2013 known as the Popular Petition for Freedom, Justice and Development (العريضة الشعبية للحرية والعدالة والتنمية), Pétition populaire pour la liberté, la justice et le développement), short Popular Petition, Aridha Chaabia or Al Aridha is a political movement and electoral list in Tunisia. It was formed after the Tunisian revolution, on 17 March 2011. It has been founded and led by the political writer and media entrepreneur Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi. It is closely linked to the Party of Progressive Conservatives which has been officially registered as a political party.

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Democratic Alliance Party

The Democratic Alliance Party is the name of (al least) two parties.

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Democratic Alliance Party (Tunisia)

The Democratic Alliance Party is a political party in Tunisia founded on 8 November 2012.

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Democratic Constitutional Rally

The Democratic Constitutional Rally or Democratic Constitutional Assembly (التجمع الدستوري الديمقراطي, Rassemblement Constitutionnel Démocratique, sometimes also called Constitutional Democratic Rally in English), also referred to by its French initials RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the ruling party in Tunisia from independence in 1956 until it was overthrown and dissolved in the Tunisian revolution in 2011.

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Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties

The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (التكتل الديمقراطي من أجل العمل والحريات,; Forum démocratique pour le travail et les libertés), also referred to as Ettakatol or by its French acronym FDTL, is a social democratic political party in Tunisia.

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Destourian Movement

The Destourian Movement (الحركة الدستورية, lit. the Constitutional Movement) is a Tunisian political party founded by former members of Tunisia's pre-revolution ruling party, the Constitutional Democratic Rally.

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El Hamma

El Hamma (الحامة) is an oasis town located in the Gabès Governorate, 30 kilometers west of Gabès, Tunisia and near the eastern end of Chott el Fejej.

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Ennahda Movement

The Ennahdha Party (حزب حركة النهضة; Mouvement Ennahdha), also known as Renaissance Party or simply Ennahdha, is a Muslim democratic political party in Tunisia.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Force majeure

Force majeure – or vis major (Latin) – meaning "superior force", also known as cas fortuit (French) or casus fortuitus (Latin) "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident", is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (hurricane, flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc.), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.

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Fouad Mebazaa

Fouad Mebazaa (فؤاد المبزع; born 15 June 1933) is a Tunisian politician who was President of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011.

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Free Patriotic Union

The Free Patriotic Union (translit; Union patriotique libre), known by its French acronym UPL, is a political party in Tunisia.

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Gallup (company)

Gallup, Inc. is an American research-based, global performance-management consulting company.

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Hamadi Jebali

Hamadi Jebali (حمادي الجبالي,; born 12 January 1949) is a Tunisian engineer, Islamist politician and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013.

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Hamma Hammami

Hamma Hammami (حمّه الهمامي; born 1952) is a Tunisian communist, leader of the Popular Front, spokesman of the Tunisian Workers' Party, and former editor of the party news organ El-Badil.

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Higher Political Reform Commission

The Higher Political Reform Commission (اللجنة العليا للإصلاح السياسي) of Tunisia was formed on January 17, 2011 by Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Prime Minister of Tunisia.

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Kamel Morjane

Kamel Morjane, also spelled Kemal Mourjan, (كمال مرجان; born May 9, 1948) is a Tunisian politician and diplomat who served as Tunisia's Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2010 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.

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Mehdi Jomaa

Mehdi Jomaa (born 21 April 1962) is a Tunisian engineer and was the acting Prime Minister of Tunisia from 29 January 2014 to 6 February 2015.

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Mohamed Bouazizi

Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (محمد البوعزيزي; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.

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Mohamed Brahmi

Mohamed Brahmi (محمد براهمي; 15 May 1955 – 25 July 2013) was a Tunisian politician.

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Mohamed Ghannouchi

Mohamed Ghannouchi (محمد الغنوشي Muhammad Al-Ghannushi; born 18 August 1941) is a Tunisian politician who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1999 to 2011.

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Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi

Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi (محمد الهاشمي الحامدي), also spelled Mohamed el Hachmi El-Hamdi, Hechmi Haamdi, or Hachmi Hamdi is a Tunisian journalist, media entrepreneur and politician, who lives in London.

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Moncef Marzouki

Mohamed Moncef Marzouki (محمد المنصف المرزوقي; Muhammad al-Munṣif al-Marzūqī, born 7 July 1945) is a Tunisian politician who was President of Tunisia from 2011 to 2014.

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Mondher Zenaidi

Mondher Zenaidi (منذر الزنايدي; born 24 October 1950) is a Tunisian politician.

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Mustapha Ben Jafar

Mustapha Ben Jafar (مصطفى بن جعفر) (born 8 December 1940) is a Tunisian politician and medical doctor who was President of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia from November 2011 to December 2014.

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Mustapha Kamel Nabli

Mustapha Kamel Nabli (مصطفى كمال النابلي; born in 1948) is a Tunisian economist.

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National Destourian Initiative

National Destourian Initiative (المبادرة الوطنية الدستورية, Initiative nationale destourienne) or El Moubadra is a centrist political party in Tunisia.

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National unity government

A national unity government, government of national unity, or national union government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency.

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Nidaa Tounes

Nidaa Tounes (حركة نداء تونس, Appel de la Tunisie; usually translated as "Call of Tunisia", "Call for Tunisia", or "Tunisia's Call") is a big tent secularist political party in Tunisia.

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Popular Front (Tunisia)

The Popular Front for the Realization of the Objectives of the Revolution (الجبهة الشعبية لتحقيق أهداف الثورة; Front populaire pour la réalisation des objectifs de la révolution), short Popular Front (ej-Jabha), is a leftist political and electoral alliance in Tunisia, made up of nine political parties and numerous independents.

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President of Tunisia

The President of Tunisia, formally known as the President of the Republic of Tunisia (رئيس الجمهورية التونسية, Président de la République tunisienne) is the head of state of Tunisia.

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Rached Ghannouchi

Rached Ghannouchi (راشد الغنوشي; born 7 June 1941), also spelled Rachid al-Ghannouchi or Rached el-Ghannouchi, is a Tunisian politician and thinker, co-founder of the Ennahdha Party and serving as its "intellectual leader".

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Radio France Internationale

Radio France Internationale generally referred to by its acronym RFI, is a French public radio service that broadcasts in Paris and all over the world.

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Republican Party (Tunisia)

The Republican Party (الحزب الجمهوري, Parti républicain) is a centrist liberal party in Tunisia.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Safi Saïd

Safi Saïd (الصافي سعيد) (born 22 September 1953) is a Tunisian journalist and writer.

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Self-immolation

Self-immolation is an act of killing oneself as a sacrifice.

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Sidi Bouzid

Sidi Bouzid (سيدي بوزيد), sometimes called Sidi Bou Zid or Sīdī Bū Zayd, is a city in Tunisia and is the capital of Sidi Bouzid Governorate in the centre of the country.

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Siliana Governorate

Siliana Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia, is landlocked and is in the north of the country.

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Slim Riahi

Slim Riahi (سليم الرياحي; born 1972) is a Tunisian businessman and politician.

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Taïeb Baccouche

Taïeb Baccouche (born 1944) is a Tunisian politician who has been Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union since 2016.

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Tataouine

Tataouine (Berber: Tiṭṭawin; تطاوين) is a city in southern Tunisia.

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Tunisia

Tunisia (تونس; Berber: Tunes, ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ; Tunisie), officially the Republic of Tunisia, (الجمهورية التونسية) is a sovereign state in Northwest Africa, covering. Its northernmost point, Cape Angela, is the northernmost point on the African continent. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia's population was estimated to be just under 11.93 million in 2016. Tunisia's name is derived from its capital city, Tunis, which is located on its northeast coast. Geographically, Tunisia contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains, and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert. Much of the rest of the country's land is fertile soil. Its of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and, by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel, feature the African mainland's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar. Tunisia is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic. It is considered to be the only full democracy in the Arab World. It has a high human development index. It has an association agreement with the European Union; is a member of La Francophonie, the Union for the Mediterranean, the Arab Maghreb Union, the Arab League, the OIC, the Greater Arab Free Trade Area, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77; and has obtained the status of major non-NATO ally of the United States. In addition, Tunisia is also a member state of the United Nations and a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Close relations with Europe in particular with France and with Italy have been forged through economic cooperation, privatisation and industrial modernization. In ancient times, Tunisia was primarily inhabited by Berbers. Phoenician immigration began in the 12th century BC; these immigrants founded Carthage. A major mercantile power and a military rival of the Roman Republic, Carthage was defeated by the Romans in 146 BC. The Romans, who would occupy Tunisia for most of the next eight hundred years, introduced Christianity and left architectural legacies like the El Djem amphitheater. After several attempts starting in 647, the Muslims conquered the whole of Tunisia by 697, followed by the Ottoman Empire between 1534 and 1574. The Ottomans held sway for over three hundred years. The French colonization of Tunisia occurred in 1881. Tunisia gained independence with Habib Bourguiba and declared the Tunisian Republic in 1957. In 2011, the Tunisian Revolution resulted in the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, followed by parliamentary elections. The country voted for parliament again on 26 October 2014, and for President on 23 November 2014.

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Tunisian General Labour Union

The Tunisian General Labour Union (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, UGTT) is a national trade union center in Tunisia.

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Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014

Legislative elections were held in Tunisia on 26 October 2014.

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Tunisian presidential election, 2014

A presidential election was held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, a month after the parliamentary election.

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Tunisian Revolution

The Tunisian Revolution was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.

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Voice of the People of Tunisia

The Voice of the People of Tunisia (صوت شعب تونس; La voix du peuple tunisien) is a Tunisian political party, founded in June 2014 by Larbi Nasra, a media entrepreneur, founder and former owner of Hannibal TV station and in-law of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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Wafa Movement

The Wafa Movement (حركة وفاء), sometimes referred to as the Independent Democratic Congress, is a political party in Tunisia.

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Walid Bennani

Walid Bennani, born on 11 November 1956 in Kasserine, is a Tunisian politician.

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Workers' Party (Tunisia)

The Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-‘Ummāl; Parti des travailleurs), is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Tunisia.

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Yadh Ben Achour

Yadh Ben Achour (عياض بن عاشور, also Iyadh Ben Achour, born 1 June 1945) is a Tunisian lawyer, expert on public law and Islamic political theory.

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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (زين العابدين بن علي,; born 3 September 1936) is a Tunisian former politician who served as President of Tunisia from 1987 until his ousting in 2011.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_presidential_election,_2014

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