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Ex-Tunisian Leader Habib Bourguiba Dies; Before His Ouster, President Was Respected for Modernization and Pro-Western Stance
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Former Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba, once known as president-
for-life and credited with founding modern-day Tunisia, died April 6.
He was 96.
Mr. Bourguiba, deposed in a 1987 bloodless palace coup, had been
hospitalized March 5 in critical condition at the military hospital
in Tunis. On March 13, he returned to his home town of Monastir, 110
miles south of Tunis. There was no immediate information on the exact
cause of his death. A seven-day period of national mourning was
decreed.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Bourguiba overshadowed the political
life of his nation. But since November ...
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