List of Presidents of Tunisia

President of the Republic of Tunisia; رئيس الجمهورية التونسية; Président de la République tunisienne
	; Standard of the President of Tunisia;
	Incumbent; Moncef Marzouki; since 13 December 2011
Style	Son Excellence
Residence	Palace of the Republic, Carthage
Term length	Five years, renewable indefinitely
Inaugural holder	Habib Bourguiba
Formation	25 July 1957
Website	www.carthage.tn[dead link]

This page lists the holders of the office of President of Tunisia and those who have acted in that capacity in the absence of a sworn President.

Background [edit]

The first President of Tunisia was Habib Bourguiba, who took office on 25 July 1957, the day on which Tunisia was declared a republic. Since then the office has been held by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and current President Moncef Marzouki. In addition, Mohamed Ghannouchi and Fouad Mebazaa acted as Presidents during the Tunisian revolution.

Following Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's flight from the country on 14 January 2011 in the Tunisian revolution, the office was assumed by the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, but this was found to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court a few hours later. On 15 January 2011, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Fouad Mebazaa was appointed to be acting President, as Ben Ali's constitutional successor.

Current President Marzouki took office on 13 December 2011, after being elected by the Constituent Assembly.

#	Name (Born-Died)	Term of Office		Party
1	Habib Bourguiba حبيب بورقيبة (1903–2000)^[1]	25 July 1957	22 October 1964	Neo Destour (New Constitutional Liberal Party)
(1)	Habib Bourguiba حبيب بورقيبة (1903–2000)^[1]	22 October 1964	7 November 1987^[2]	Socialist Destourian Party
2	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali زين العابدين بن علي (b. 1936)^[3]	7 November 1987	27 February 1988	Socialist Destourian Party
(2)	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali زين العابدين بن علي (b. 1936)^[3]	27 February 1988	14 January 2011^[4]	Constitutional Democratic Rally
—	Mohamed Ghannouchi محمد الغنوشي (b. 1941) Acting President^[5]	14 January 2011	15 January 2011	Constitutional Democratic Rally
—	Fouad Mebazaa فؤاد المبزع (b. 1933) Acting President^[6]	15 January 2011	18 January 2011^[7]	Constitutional Democratic Rally
—	Fouad Mebazaa فؤاد المبزع (b. 1933) Acting President^[6]	18 January 2011	13 December 2011	Independent
3	Moncef Marzouki المنصف المرزوقي (b. 1945) Interim President^[8]	13 December 2011	Incumbent	Congress for the Republic

For details of the post of President of Tunisia see: President of Tunisia

^ Served four terms. Elected unopposed by presidential elections in 1959, 1964, 1969 and 1974. Proclaimed President for Life by the Chamber of Deputies in 1975
^ Impeached due to old age and ill health
^ Served five terms. Elected unopposed by presidential elections in 1989 and 1994 and by contested presidential elections in 1999, 2004 and 2009
^ Fled the country during the Tunisian revolution
^ Self-proclaimed Acting President for a few hours
^ Succeeded Ben Ali as the constitutional successor, President of the Chamber of Deputies
^ "Tunisia: New government leaders quit ruling party". BBC News. 18 January 2011.
^ Elected by the Constituent Assembly

President of the Republic of Tunisia رئيس الجمهورية التونسية Président de la République tunisienne
Standard of the President of Tunisia
Incumbent Moncef Marzouki since 13 December 2011
Style	Son Excellence
Residence	Palace of the Republic, Carthage
Term length	Five years, renewable indefinitely
Inaugural holder	Habib Bourguiba
Formation	25 July 1957
Website	www.carthage.tn^{[dead link]}