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Wassila Bourguiba
Wassila Bourguiba in 1962
First Lady of Tunisia
In office
12 April 1962 – 11 August 1986
PresidentHabib Bourguiba
Preceded byMoufida Bourguiba
Succeeded byNaïma Ben Ali
Personal details
Born
Wassila Ben Ammar

(1912-04-22)April 22, 1912
Béja, French Tunisia
DiedJune 22, 1999(1999-06-22) (aged 87)
La Marsa, Tunisia
Spouse
Habib Bourguiba
(m. 1962; div. 1986)

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]

  1. ^ Tahar, Belkhodja (1998). Les trois décennies Bourguiba. Témoignageéditeur=Publisud (in French). Paris: 1998. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-866-00787-4.

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