Slim Chiboub (born 13 January 1959
) is a
Tunisian businessman. He is married to Dorsaf Ben Ali, the oldest daughter of former Tunisian President
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...
and his first wife,
Naïma Kefi.
[Stephen J. King, ''The new authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa'', ]Bloomington, Indiana
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: Indiana University Press
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, 2009, p. 18
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, 2006, p. 33
/ref>[Arielle Thedrel, Jean-Marc Leclerc, 'La petite entreprise très profitable du clan Trabelsi', '']Le Figaro
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/ref> He claims he has not seen Ben Ali since the latter married Leïla Ben Ali.[Christophe Ayad, 'La Tunisie de Ben Ali a un air de famille', '']Libération
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Biography
He was club president Espérance Sportive de Tunis
(; ar, الترجي الرياضي التونسي, Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī, link=yes), also known as ''ES Tunis'' and , is a Tunisian sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919, t ...
for fifteen years.race horse
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s.
Following the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests
The Tunisian Revolution, also called the Jasmine Revolution, was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El ...
, he is in Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...
and then in United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at ...
.
As of December 2021, Chiboub is still in prison for the ''Marina Gamart'' case, in which he is facing accusations of buying land for a price cheaper than its market value, thanks to his close ties to Ben Ali, and the then ruling class.
References
21st-century Tunisian businesspeople
Living people
1959 births
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