(FILES) A file photo taken on December 31, 2014 shows Tunisian newly-elected President Beji Caid Essebsi posing in his office after a handover ceremony with his predecessor Moncef Marzouki at the Carthage presidential Palace in Tunis. - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected leader, died on July 25, 2019 at the age of 92, his office said. The veteran politician, the oldest head of state after Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, came to power in 2014, three years after the Arab Spring uprising toppled longtime despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked revolts in several Arab nations. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)