Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
Tunis, SANA, Tunisia’s High Electoral Commission announced Beji Caid Essebsi has won the presidential election with 55.68 percent of the vote, with a turnout rate of 66,11 percent.
Essebsi’s rival Moncef Marzouki secured 44.32 percent of the vote, the commission said Monday.
Essebsi; born 29 November 1926, is a lawyer and politician, and the founder of the Call for Tunisia (Nidaa Tounes), which also won a plurality in the 2014 parliamentary election.
Essebsi served his country as prime minister from 27 February 2011 to 24 December 2011 and minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986.
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