Habib Bourguiba

Many regions outside Tunis and richer 'Sahel' cities remain as marginalised as they were under Zine el Abidine Ben Ali who was removed in the 2011 revolution and indeed under founding president Habib Bourguiba...

Tunisia's system of subsidies on food and essential products dates back to the mid-1970s under its first president Habib Bourguiba...

As well as the candidate's Karoui & Karoui World (KKW) group their Nessma TV boasts among its shareholders Mediaset owned by Italian ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi – the very model of a media magnate turned populist politician – and veteran film producer Tarak Ben Ammar (nephew of Tunisia's founding President Habib Bourguiba)...

These men's politics were moulded in the time of Founding President Habib Bourguiba...

The old guard is mostly still there as are many of the practices that thrived under Presidents Habib Bourguiba and Ben Ali...

Jebali’s circle was said to include leftist leaders and even Hedi Baccouche a key power broker since the time of Founding President Habib Bourguiba...

They are yet to be convinced of the 79-year-old Ayari’s independence; he was a minister under the late President Habib Bourguiba...

In the centre of Tunis one side of the majestic Avenue Habib Bourguiba is blocked off and a fleet of tanks stands guard outside the Ministry of Interior...

His successor Essebsi benefits from his close association with the late Habib Bourguiba who was removed from influence when Ben Ali overthrew the founding President on 7 November 1987 a date now expunged from the many streets named after it...

The first nationalist party was Ad Destour (The Constitution); founding President Habib Bourguiba’s party was the Néo-Destour...

A former security officer who evicted founding President Habib Bourguiba in November 1987 Ben Ali has supported the emergence of an efficient pro-European economy but has also created a police state prone to crony capitalism...