Tunisian bread riots

Tunisian bread riots
Crowd in Africa Square, Tunis, January 1984
Date	29 December 1983 – 5 January 1984
Location	Tunisia
Caused by	Food price increase
Casualties
Death(s)	c. 150
Injuries	c. 1,000

This article is part of a series about Habib Bourguiba
Ancestry Early life Personal life Political career Tunisian national movement Bourguibism Chronology 1930 to 1934 1934 to 1939 1939 to 1945 1945 to 1949 1949 to 1956 L'Action Tunisienne Naturalization issue Neo Destour Ksar Hellal Congress Independence Premiership Code of Personal Status President of Tunisia Presidency Bizerte crisis Socialist Destourian Party Arab Islamic Republic Bread riots Operation Wooden Leg 1987 coup d'état Later life Legacy Bibliography
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The Tunisian bread riots (French: émeutes du pain, Arabic: أحداث الخبز) were a series of violent demonstrations in Tunisia that occurred from December 1983 to January 1984, triggered by a rise in the price of bread due to an IMF-imposed austerity program. President Habib Bourguiba declared a state of emergency and the riots were put down by force. Over 100 rioters died. The regime was weakened by the upheavals and the aftermath of food riots. Three years later General Zine El Abidine Ben Ali seized power in a coup.