Tunisian Revolution

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Tunisian Revolution
الثورة التونسية (Arabic) Part of the Arab Spring and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
Date	17 December 2010 – 14 January 2011 (4 weeks)
Location	Tunisia
Caused by	Government corruption Social inequalities Unemployment Political repression Self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
Methods	Civil resistance Demonstrations General strikes Self-immolations Spontaneous uprisings
Resulted in	Overthrow of the Ben Ali government Resignation of Prime Minister Ghannouchi[1] Dissolution of the political police[2] Dissolution of the ruling party[3] Release of political prisoners[4] Elections of a Constituent Assembly[5] Start of the Arab Spring Subsequent protests against the interim Islamist-led constituent assembly[6]
Casualties
Death(s)	338[7]
Injuries	2,147[7]

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The Tunisian Revolution (Arabic: الثورة التونسية, romanized: Althawrat altuwnusia), also called the Jasmine Revolution and Tunisian Revolution of Dignity,^[8][9][10] was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.^[11] It eventually led to a thorough democratization of the country and to free and democratic elections, which had led to people believing it was the only successful movement in the Arab Spring.^[12]

The demonstrations were caused by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption,^[13][14] a lack of political freedoms (such as freedom of speech),^[15] and poor living conditions. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades^[16][17] and resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, most of which were the result of action by police and security forces.

The protests were sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi on 17 December 2010.^[18][19][20] They led to the ousting of Ben Ali on 14 January 2011, when he officially resigned after fleeing to Saudi Arabia, ending his 23 years in power.^[21][22] Labor unions were an integral part of the protests.^[23] The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011".^[24] The protests inspired similar actions throughout the Arab world, in a chain reaction which became known as the Arab Spring movement.