Béji Caïd Essebsi
| Beji Caid Essebsi الباجي قائد السبسي |
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| 5th President of Tunisia | |
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Assumed office 31 December 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mehdi Jomaa Habib Essid Youssef Chahed |
| Preceded by | Moncef Marzouki |
| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
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In office 27 February 2011 – 24 December 2011 |
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| President |
Fouad Mebazaa (Acting) Moncef Marzouki |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
| Succeeded by | Hamadi Jebali (as head of government) |
| President of Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 14 March 1990 – 9 October 1991 |
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| President | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Preceded by | Slaheddine Baly |
| Succeeded by | Habib Boularès |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 15 April 1981 – 15 September 1986 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mohammed Mzali Rachid Sfar |
| Preceded by | Hassen Belkhodja |
| Succeeded by | Hédi Mabrouk |
| Personal details | |
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Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi 29 November 1926 Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia |
| Political party |
Neo Destour/PSD/RCD (1941-2011) Independent (2011-2012) Call of Tunisia (2012-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Chadlia Saïda Farhat |
| Children | Amel Mohamed Hafedh Salwa Khélil |
| Religion | Islam |
Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi, Arabic: محمد الباجي قائد السبسي, Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī; 
pronunciation born 29 November 1926) is a Tunisian politician who has been President of Tunisia since December 2014. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and as Prime Minister from February 2011 to December 2011.
Essebsi is the founder of the Nidaa Tounes political party, which won a plurality in the 2014 parliamentary election. In December 2014, he won the first regular presidential election following the Tunisian Revolution, becoming Tunisia's first freely and directly elected president.
Born in Sidi Bou Said to a family from the Tunisian landed élite, he is a great-grandson of Ismail Caïd Essebsi, a Sardinian kidnapped by Tunisian corsairs along the coasts of Sardinia at the beginning of the nineteenth century who became a mamluk leader raised with the ruling family. He was later recognized as a free man when he became an important member of the government.
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