The Politics of Reconciliation and Reform, 1987–1990

Emma C. Murphy
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Chapter 6 in Economic and Political change in Tunisia, 1999, pp 164-192 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Bourguiba’s eventual downfall was triggered by a number of events in 1987. Zartman identifies three: Bourguiba’s deteriorating mental and physical condition which led to a series of rapid and destabilizing cabinet reshuffles; the controversy surrounding the trial of the Islamic militants accused of plotting to overthrow the regime; and finally the discovery of a plot by the MTI’s militant wing to assassinate a number of leading government figures, including the president himself. Tuinisian gossip suggested a fourth reason: that the then prime minister, Ben Ali, suspected that two of Bourguiba’s closest colleagues, Mohamed Sayah and Mansour Skhiri, were planning a coup of their own. Moving to pre-empt them, he staged his own coup on the night of 6 November 1987.

Keywords: Prime Minister; Economic Reform; Political Change; Political Reform; Opposition Parti (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333983584_7

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