Wassila Bourguiba | |
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First Lady of Tunisia | |
In office 12 April 1962 – 11 August 1986 | |
President | Habib Bourguiba |
Preceded by | Moufida Bourguiba |
Succeeded by | Naïma Ben Ali |
Personal details | |
Born | Wassila Ben Ammar April 22, 1912 Béja, French Tunisia |
Died | June 22, 1999 La Marsa, Tunisia | (aged 87)
Spouse | |
Wassila Ben Ammar Bourguiba (Arabic: وسيلة بن عمار بورقية; née Ben Ammar; April 22, 1912 – June 22, 1999) was the second wife of Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba and thus the First Lady of Tunisia from 1962 until 1986. She was nicknamed Majda ("Venerable").[1]