[1] She met a young member of the Tunisian Army, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, during the late 1950s or 1960s, though the circumstances of their meeting remain subject to some debate.
[2] Ben Ali, who was only a non-commissioned officer at the time, was appointed Director of Military Intelligence in 1964, shortly after his wedding.
Dorsaf Ben Ali, born July 5, 1965, who is the wife of Slim Chiboub.
However, President Ben Ali divorced Naïma in 1988, after 24 years of marriage, in favor of his mistress, Leïla Trabelsi, who moved into the presidential palace shortly after the separation was announced.
[4] Naïma Ben Ali remained in Tunis following the Tunisian Revolution, which ousted her ex-husband from power.