Kingdom of Tunisia
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The Kingdom of Tunisia was a short-lived monarchy established after Tunisian independence and the end of the French protectorate period. It lasted for a period of one year and five months between 20 M
Jallouli Fares, Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia.
Royal Palace of Carthage.
Proclamation of the republic in the constituent assembly.
Text of the declaration of the Republic (in Arabic).
Habib Bourguiba
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Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987. Prio
Kingdom of Tunisia
…declaration of the republic. Its sole monarch was Muhammad VIII al-Amin (also known as Lamine Bey) who appointed the prime ministers Tahar Ben Ammar and Habib Bourguiba. On 25 July 1957, the monarchy was abolished with Tunisia reorganizing as a republic. The National Constituent Assembly, the country's legislature…
Bourguiba, 1960s
Ali Bourguiba surrounded by his sons Mohamed, Ahmed, M'hamed, Mahmoud and Habib
Bourguiba in 1917
Bourguiba in legal robes 1927