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Leila Ben Ali ' the stylist ; accused of controlling Tunisia

Tunis : Tunisia | Jan 16, 2011 at 7:15 AM PST
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Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali casts his vote

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uprising of the Tunisian people accused of corruption, the first for Leila's family and Materi Trabelsi, and both constitute the family of President Ben Ali and his wife i and the husband of her daughter Trabelsi Mohamed Sakhr.



This accusation did not come against the backdrop of the detection site and insiders about the rampant corruption in the country .. not a book published in Paris to French authors entitled Carthage Palace governor, but extends to 1997, when the names of members of two families began to appear in the joints of economic and financial state of Tunisia.

And the First Lady Leila Trabelsi, the second wife of President Ben Ali, whom he married after his divorce from Ms. Naima Ben Ali, whom he had three daughters,

Besides the corruption charges against the family of Matri, the first lady of Leila Trabelsi, the mother of his wife received the bulk of the charges, the most important that it had appointed members of her family in the state posts ; the most sensitive and were thus able to control the companies and the acquisition of the property and wealth.

Leila was born in 1957 in the following simple family, and her parents vendors for vegetables, fruits, and got the certificate of primary school before they enroll in hairdressing, working stylist, then she met a businessman named Ali Khalil Maaoui and married him when she was eighteen years old .

The opposition has accused Ms. Leila that her authorities over the authorities of the Prime Minister , where she sacked ministers and appointed ambassadors and directors-general, says the book ; the governor of Carthage .. her relatives hit the network leads to spider all sectors such as mobile phone and free education.

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Posted By sharinaz sharinaz | over 1 year ago
I also like your report its really unique. yes keep it up dear.
Posted By alimustafaok Ali Mustafa | over 1 year ago
yes Tunisia is in crisis now a days hopefully the pity things will resolve soon.
Posted By abdelfattah Abdel Fattah Hussein | over 1 year ago
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