Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to guarantee the stability of his own country. Algeria was trying to diversify its foreign policy, feeling isolated by Spain and French President François Mitterrand's accord with Morocco and Libya over Chad. For two years, according to Martini, Italian and Algerian secret services worked together in order, on one hand, to avoid the growing destabilisation of Tunisia spilling over into Algeria, and on the other hand to control pro-Palestinian activities in Italy. Finally, Ben Ali was singled out as possible replacement for Bourguiba: as chief of the Tunisian secret services and as Minister of the Interior, he had opposed plans
Slim Chiboub Libya and then in United Arab Emirates. Slim Chiboub Slim Chiboub 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. He claims he has not seen Ben Ali since the latter married Leïla Ben Ali. He was club president Espérance Sportive de Tunis for nineteen years. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of FIFA. He used to chair the Tunisian Olympic Committee until he has been fallen, after the 2011 revolution. He also owns race horses. Following