Background
The first President of Tunisia was Habib Bourguiba, who took office on 25 July 1957, the day on which Tunisia was declared a republic. Since then the office has been held by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and current President Moncef Marzouki. In addition, Mohamed Ghannouchi and Fouad Mebazaa acted as Presidents during the Tunisian revolution.
Following Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's flight from the country on 14 January 2011 in the Tunisian revolution, the office was assumed by the Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, but this was found to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court a few hours later. On 15 January 2011, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Fouad Mebazaa was appointed to be acting President, as Ben Ali's constitutional successor.
Current President Marzouki took office on 13 December 2011, after being elected by the Constituent Assembly.
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