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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Diplomat · Political · Sanctioned entity

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bin ali Zaynulobidiyn · Zainal Abidin bin Ali · Zajn al-Abidin ibn Ali · Zayn al-‘Ābidīn bin ‘Alī · Zeynalabdin ben Əli · 26 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ben Ali · Zayn al-Abidin Ben Ali · Zin Al-Abidin Ben Ali · Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali · Бен Али · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1936-09-03				[sources]
Place of birth	Hammam Sousse · Hammam-Sousse · Hammam-Sousse, TUNISIA				[sources]
Death date	2019-09-19				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Saudi Arabia · Tunisia				[sources]
Country	Tunisia				[sources]
First name	Zine · Zine El Abidine · Zine El Abidine Ben Haj Hamda Ben Haj Hassen				[sources]
ID Number	`00354671`				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	BEN ALI · Ben Ali				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q204487				[sources]
Position	Ex-president of Tunisia · Minister of Interior (1986-1987) · President of Tunisia (1987-2011) · Prime Minister of Tunisia (1987-1987) · chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity (1994-1995) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Created at	2020-01-28				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-19				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-26	Last checked	2024-04-26	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Son of Selma HASSEN. Married to Leïla TRABELSI. Deceased.

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2024-03-28

Son of Selma HASSEN. Married to Leïla TRABELSI. Deceased.

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2024-03-28

décédé - fils de Selma HASSEN, marié à Leïla TRABELSI. Personne (décédée) dont les activités font l'objet, de la part des autorités tunisiennes, d'une procédure judiciaire ou d'une procédure de recouvrement d'avoirs initiée à la suite d'une décision de justice définitive pour détournement par un fonctionnaire public de fonds publics, abus de qualité par un fonctionnaire public pour procurer à un tiers un avantage injustifié et causer un préjudice à l'administration, abus d'influence auprès d'un fonctionnaire public en vue de l'obtention, directement ou indirectement, d'avantages au profit d'autrui, et concussion consistant, pour un fonctionnaire public, à recevoir des fonds publics qu'il savait ne pas être dus et dont lui-même ou des membres de sa famille ont tiré profit à titre personnel

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Tunisian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-08-07

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Naïma Ben Ali	spouse	1964	1988

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`00354671`	Tunisia	National identification card	-	-
`00354671`	Tunisia	National identification card	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Tunisia	1987-11-07	2011-01-14

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Fahd Mohamed Sakher Ben Moncef Ben Mohamed Hfaiez MATERI	father-in-law · relative	-	-
Mohamed Slim Ben Mohamed Hassen Ben Salah CHIBOUB	relative · son-in-law · stepparent	-	-
Leila Ben Ali	spouse	1992-03-26	2019-09-19

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 101/2011 du 04/02/2011 (UE Tunisie - R (UE) 101/2011) · (UE) 2016/111 du 28/01/2016 (UE Tunisie - R (UE) 101/2011) · (UE) 2020/115 du 27/01/2020 (UE Tunisie - R (UE) 101/2011)	-	-
European External Action Service	TUN	2020-01-29	-
Federal Public Service Finance	TUN	2020-01-29	-

Data sources

French Freezing of Assets6,265

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,215

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata224,805

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines.

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-j8euZhdf7Dw3W2h2X9nze8 · fr-ga-1377 · eu-fsf-eu-3364-52

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