Mohamed Bouazizi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mohamed Bouazizi
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1984(1984-03-29)
Age	40
Date Of Death	2011-01-04
Birthplace	Sidi Bouzid
Country	Tunisia
Birth City	Sidi Bouzid Governorate
Horoscope	Pisces

Mohamed Bouazizi Biography

Mohamed Bouazizi is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on March 29, 1984 in Sidi Bouzid, Sidi Bouzid Governorate, Tunisia. Street vendor, activist and former street vendor. He was responsible for the Tunisian Revolution as well as the Arab Spring following his self-immolation. He was fed up with the abuse he received from authorities over his life, which included confiscation of his property. In protest, he set fire to himself.

His actions set off a series events that resulted in the ousting of President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali who fled the country.

Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي ‎, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes. His self-immolation was in response to the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides.

An investigation was launched following Bouazizi’s self-immolation to find the details leading up to his actions. On 20 December 2010, it was reported that Faida Hamdi, the officer who allegedly accosted Bouazizi the day of his immolation, was suspended along with the secretary-general (governor) of Sidi Bouzid, but this was subsequently denied by the latter. Some time later, Hamdi was arrested on orders from President Ben Ali and held in an unspecified town. A brother of Hamdi later stated that she had been arrested and detained twice, the first time following Ben Ali’s visit to Bouazizi in the hospital and subsequent meeting with his mother and sister at his presidential palace. He says his sister and her aides were released following a short detention and the closing of the investigation which “confirmed her innocence.” He said her second arrest was “in response to the demands of the Tunisian protesters,” and that the Tunisian security authorities informed him that she was being held only for her own protection and would be released once the protesting ended.

Six siblings were his family. His father died when he turned three. After setting himself ablaze, he died 18 days later.

Mohamed Bouazizi Net Worth

Mohamed Bouazizi is one of the richest Activist from Tunisia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mohamed Bouazizi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He sold produce on the streets for most of his adult life, and eventually had to quit school to provide for his family.

His actions inspired protests in other countries of the Middle East and north Africa. His efforts were recognized by the Sakharov Prize and the UK Times Person of the Year 2011 for his work.

Mohamed Bouazizi, who was known locally as “Basboosa”, was born in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on 29 March 1984. His father, a construction worker in Libya, died of a heart attack when Bouazizi was three, and his mother married Bouazizi’s uncle some time later.

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In the six months immediately after Mohamed Bouazizi’s death on 4 January 2011, at least 107 Tunisians tried to kill themselves by setting themselves on fire. The men who self-immolated were mostly young unmarried men from poor, rural areas, and had only basic education. Amenallah Messaadi, who collated the figures and is head of the Burns Centre, said that people shouldn’t glorify the act of self-immolation and “should stop adding fuel to the fire”.

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Mohamed Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Tunisia. Mohamed Bouazizi celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

On 4 February 2011, Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, announced that, as a tribute to honour Bouazizi, a square in Paris will be named after him; the Mohamed-Bouazizi Square was unveiled four days later. On 17 February, the main square in Tunis that was previously called “November 7”, after the date of Ben Ali’s take-over in 1987, was renamed “January 14,” though some had suggested it should honor Bouazizi (though a major roadway leading to the city’s airport was renamed for him). Bouazizi was posthumously awarded the 2011 Sakharov Prize as one of “five representatives of the Arab people, in recognition and support of their drive for freedom and human rights”. On 17 December, a cart statue was unveiled in Sidi Bouzid in honor of Bouazizi. Tunisia’s first elected president Moncef Marzouki attended the ceremony, stating “Thank you to this land, which has been marginalised for centuries, for bringing dignity to the entire Tunisian people.” Also, in Sidi Bouzid, as well as in the capital city of Tunis, both cities’ respective main streets were renamed, “Boulevard Mohamed Bouazizi”. The United Kingdom’s The Times newspaper named Bouazizi person of the year for 2011.