The anniversary of 7 November 1987 and the impeachment of President Habib Bourguiba
On such a day, November 7, 1987, Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ousted President Habib Bourguiba and assumed the presidency of the Republic, with a medical report signed by 7 doctors declaring Bourguiva's incapacity to govern, based on Article 57 of the Constitution.
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Bourguiba ruled Tunisia for 30 years since 1957, and Ben Ali remained in power for 23 years until 14 January 2011.