democracy after a revolution in 2011 which saw the ouster of longtime leader of the finale imran khan forte's came to power in december 2014 after winning the 1st free presidential election his career began 40 years earlier and took him through various posts in defense security and foreign affairs he briefly served as interim prime minister in 2011. 0 was the 1st to experience a wave of protests that became known as the arab spring into. the following year they led to the ousting of longtime president zain aberdeen ben ali thanks and in the 1st 3 elections 3 years later at the head of a newly created party won a runoff that polarized voters he was often accused of giving in to many of the demands of the islamist opposition led by the in order party his opponents also accused him of trying to instill a return to ben ali style strongman politics. and a poll said she announced that he did not want to run in elections scheduled for later this year despite strong support for another presidential term from within his own native tunis party. the north african state has been held as an arab springs o