Moncef Marzouki
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Moncef Marzouki served as the president of Tunisia. He was elected to this position by the Constituent Assembly in December 2011. Marzouki is known as a human rights activist and was a former opponent of the Ben Ali regime. His presidency followed the 2011 Jasmine Revolution, which led to significant political changes in Tunisia. He was replaced as president in December 2014 by Beji Caid Sebsi, who won the presidential election.12
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TunisiaTransitionThe assembly also elected Moncef Marzouki, a human rights activist and former opponent of the Ben Ali regime, as president of Tunisia. Marzouki then appointed Hamadi Jebali, a member of Ennahda, to the post of prime minister.
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