Slim Chiboub Explained
Slim Chiboub (born 13 January 1959[1]) is a Tunisian businessman. He is married to Dorsaf Ben Ali, the oldest daughter of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his first wife, Naïma Kefi.[2] [3] [4] [5] He claims he has not seen Ben Ali since the latter married Leïla Ben Ali.[3] [6]
Biography
He was club president Espérance Sportive de Tunis for fifteen years.[2] He is a former member of the executive committee of FIFA.[3] He used to chair the Tunisian Olympic Committee until he has been fallen, after the 2011 revolution.[3] He also owns race horses.
Following the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, he is in Libya and then in United Arab Emirates.
As of December 2021, Chiboub is still in prison for the Marina Gamart case, in which he is facing accusations of buying land for a price cheaper than its market value, thanks to his close ties to Ben Ali, and the then ruling class.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: سليم شيبوب يتأهب للعودة نهائيا إلى تونس . Al-Mouadhen . Dhafrallah . Arabic . Slim Chiboub is Preparing to Return Permanently to Tunisia . AfrigateNews . 15 November 2014 . 6 December 2021.
- Stephen J. King, The new authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009, p. 180 https://books.google.com/books?id=_iRcjpN8FsUC&dq=%22Slim+Chiboub%22&pg=PA180
- Alaa Shahine, 'Ben Ali's Son-in-Law Says Some of Ex-Leader's Aides Were Corrupt', Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 16 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110212070613/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-16/ben-ali-s-son-in-law-says-some-of-ex-leader-s-aides-were-corrupt.html
- The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, Matt Weiland (ed.), Sean Wilsey (ed.), Franklin Foer (Afterword), Harper Perennial, 2006, p. 333 https://books.google.com/books?id=DryLZGIA3b0C&dq=%22Slim+Chiboub%22&pg=PA333
- Arielle Thedrel, Jean-Marc Leclerc, 'La petite entreprise très profitable du clan Trabelsi', Le Figaro, 17 January 2011 http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2011/01/16/01003-20110116ARTFIG00267-la-petite-entreprise-tres-profitable-du-clan-trabelsi.php
- Christophe Ayad, 'La Tunisie de Ben Ali a un air de famille', Libération, 23 October 2004 http://www.liberation.fr/evenement/0101506291-la-tunisie-de-ben-ali-a-un-air-de-famille
- Web site: مطلب الإفراج عن سليم شيبوب.. محكمة التعقيب تقرر ما يلي . Arabic . The demands for the release of Slim Chiboub.. The Court of Cassation decides the following . 15 December 2021 . 6 January 2021 . Attessia TV.
