Editing Politics of Tunisia (section)

====2010–2011 revolution====
{{main|Tunisian Revolution}}

The Tunisian Revolution overthrew President Ben Ali in 2011—marking the beginning of the [[Arab Spring]].

On 14 January 2011, president [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] officially resigned after fleeing to [[Saudi Arabia]], ending 23 years in power,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|author=Davies, Wyre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12195025 |title=Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced out |work=BBC News |date=15 December 2010 |access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/16/18669320.php |title=Uprising in Tunisia: People Power topples Ben Ali regime |publisher=Indybay |date=16 January 2011 |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> following the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades.<ref name="protestwave">{{cite web |url=http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/02/tunisia_s_protest_wave_where_it_comes_from_and_what_it_means_for_ben_ali |title=Tunisia's Protest Wave: Where It Comes From and What It Means for Ben Ali &#124; The Middle East Channel |publisher=Mideast.foreignpolicy.com |date=3 January 2011 |access-date=14 January 2011 |archive-date=15 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115211351/http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/02/tunisia_s_protest_wave_where_it_comes_from_and_what_it_means_for_ben_ali |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Borger, Julian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/29/tunisian-president-vows-punish-rioters|title=Tunisian president vows to punish rioters after worst unrest in a decade|date=29 December 2010|work=The Guardian |location=UK|access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref> Street protests and civil disobedience<ref name="ahram_mebazaa_prez">[http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContent/2/8/3945/World/Region/Breaking-News-Tunisian-parliamentary-speaker-becom.aspx Tunisian parliamentary speaker becomes acting president: officials] [[Ahramonline]] 2011-01-15</ref><ref name="aljaz_mebazaa">{{cite news | title=Tunisia swears in interim leader  | date=2011-01-15 | publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|al Jazeera]] | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201111513513854222.html |access-date=2011-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118211951/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201111513513854222.html |archive-date=2011-01-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> against high [[unemployment]], food [[inflation]], [[corruption]],<ref>{{cite web|title=A Snapshot of Corruption in Tunisia|url=http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/tunisia/snapshot.aspx|publisher=Business Anti-Corruption Portal|access-date=7 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807082724/http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/tunisia/snapshot.aspx|archive-date=7 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Spencer |first=Richard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8258077/Tunisia-riots-US-warns-Middle-East-to-reform-or-be-overthrown.html |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171010045358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8258077/Tunisia-riots-Reform-or-be-overthrown-US-tells-Arab-states-amid-fresh-riots.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Tunisia riots: Reform or be overthrown, US tells Arab states amid fresh riots |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 January 2011|access-date=14 January 2011 |location=London}}</ref> a lack of [[political freedom]]s like [[freedom of speech]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Yasmine |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/20111614145839362.html |title=Tunisia's bitter cyberwar |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> and poor [[living conditions]], were sparked by the [[self-immolation]] of [[Mohamed Bouazizi]] on 17 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12120228 Tunisia suicide protester Mohammed Bouazizi dies], BBC, 5 January 2011.</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/world/africa/22sidi.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&src=twrhp|author=Fahim, Kareem|title=Slap to a Man's Pride Set Off Tumult in Tunisia|work=The New York Times|date=21 January 2011|page=2|access-date=23 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="nytimes2">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/weekinreview/23worth.html?src=twrhp|title=How a Single Match Can Ignite a Revolution|author=Worth, Robert F.|work=The New York Times|date=21 January 2011|access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref>

A [[Constituent Assembly of Tunisia|Constituent Assembly]] was elected on 23 October 2011, and a new constitution was adopted on 26 January 2014. It was passed on 10 February 2014.<ref>[http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/tunisie-la-nouvelle-constitution-entre-en-vigueur-52f937da3570c16bb1ca45b2 « Tunisie : la nouvelle Constitution entre en vigueur », ''La Libre Belgique'', February 10 2014].</ref>