(FILES) A file photo taken on March 20, 2015 shows Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi delivering a speech during a ceremony marking the 59th anniversary of Tunisia's independence at the Carthage palace in Tunis, two days after gunmen opened fire at visitors during an attack at the Bardo national museum. - 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)