Chadlia Caïd Essebsi

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Date of birth

08/01/1936

Place of birth

Tunis, Tunisia

Chadlia Caïd Essebsi

Biography

First Lady of Tunisia (2014-2019) as the wife of President Béji Caïd Essebsi. She was Tunisia's fifth first lady, as well as the second following the Tunisian Revolution. She reportedly disliked the idea of moving to Carthage Palace, the official Presidential Palace, as it was at a distance from her family. As first lady, she assumed a higher profile, both in public and behind-the-scenes, than her immediate predecessor, first lady Béatrix Marzouki.