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    Can Tunisia remain a beacon of democracy for the Arab world?

    by Ian Bremmer Jul 31, 2017 3 minutes

    NAME

    Youssef Chahed

    AGE

    41

    FAST FACT

    He is the grandson of feminist activist Radhia Haddad, Tunisia’s first female deputy

    KEY QUOTE

    Pledged to create a “government of youths” with more female ministers

    IN TUNISIA, CHANGE CAME GRADUALLY AND THEN suddenly. When a police officer confiscated the goods of an unlicensed vegetable seller in December 2010, the merchant drenched himself in gasoline and set himself alight. During the 18 days it took Mohammed Bouazizi to die, his story spread

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