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Tunisia: Heads of State: 1957-2024

Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Tūnisiyya (رئيس الجمهورية التونسية) | President of the Tunisian Republic [1]
25 Jul 1957 - 7 Nov 1987 al-Ḥabīb bin ʿAlī Būrqība (الحبيب بن علي بورقيبة)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
7 Nov 1987 - 15 Jan 2011 Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin ʿAlī (زين العابدين بن علي) ‎[2]
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Muʾaqqat (رئيس الجمهورية المؤقت) | Interim President of the Republic
15 Jan 2011 - 13 Dec 2011 Muḥammad Fuʾād al-Mibazaʿ (محمد فؤاد المبزع)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
13 Dec 2011 - 31 Dec 2014 Muḥammad al-Munṣif bin Muḥammad bin Aḥmad al-Marzūqī (محمد المنصف بن محمد بن أحمد المرزوقي)
31 Dec 2014 - 25 Jul 2019 Muḥammad al-Bājī bin Ḥassūna Qāyid al-Sabsī (محمد الباجي بن حسّونة قايد السبسي)
al-Qāʾim bi-Mahāmm Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (القائم بمهام رئيس الجمهوريّة) | Acting President of the Republic
25 Jul 2019 - 23 Oct 2019 Muḥammad al-Nāṣir (محمد الناصر)
Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic
23 Oct 2019 - Qays bin al-Munṣif bin Muḥammad Suʿayyid (قيس بن المنصف بن محمد سعيّد)

[1] Proclaimed Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya al-Tūnisiyya by a resolution of the National Constituent Assembly passed 25 Jul 1957 and invariably used this style in legislation. The Constitution of 1959 (effective 1959-2011 with amendments) routinely referred to the office as Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya.
[2] In full (as in proclamation of presidential elections): Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin al-Ḥājj Ḥamda bin al-Ḥājj Ḥasan bin ʿAlī (زين العابدين بن الحاج حمدة بن الحاج حسن بن علي).