Habib Bourguiba (/ b ʊər ˈ ɡ iː b ə / ⓘ boor-GHEE-bə; Tunisian Arabic: الحبيب بورقيبة, romanized: il-Ḥbīb Būrgībah; Standard Arabic: الحبيب أبو رقيبة, romanized: al-Ḥabīb Abū Ruqaybah; Amazigh: ⵃⴰⴱⵉⴱ ⴱⵓⵔⴳⵉⴱⴰ; 3 August 1903 [a] – 6 April 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist leader and statesman who led the country from ...