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The Politics of Reconciliation and Reform, 1987–1990

In: Economic and Political change in Tunisia

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  • Emma C. Murphy

    (University of Durham)

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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.

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  • Emma C. Murphy, 1999. "The Politics of Reconciliation and Reform, 1987–1990," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Economic and Political change in Tunisia, chapter 6, pages 164-192, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-98358-4_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333983584_7
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