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Gallery: State funeral for Tunisia’s Essebsi

On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, on Saturday attended the funeral ceremony for the late Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who died on Thursday at the age of 92.

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Military officers carry the coffin of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi during his state funeral at the presidential palace in the capital's eastern suburb of Carthage on July 27, 2019. Essebsi, the country's first head of state elected in nationwide polls, died on July 25 at the age of 92, triggering fears of political unrest in a

A military band performs during the state funeral of late president Essebsi at the presidential palace in the capital’s eastern suburb of Carthage on July 27, 2019.

H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah shakes hands with interim Tunisian president Mohamed Ennaceur, during the state funeral of late president Beji Caid Essebsi at the presidential palace in the capital’s eastern suburb of Carthage on July 27, 2019.

H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah attends funeral ceremony for late Tunisian president.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (C-R) consoles the widow of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, former first lady Chadlia Saïda Farhat (C-L) in the presence of her son Hafedh Caid Essebsi and interim president Mohamed Ennaceur (L), during the late president’s state funeral at the presidential palace in the capital’s eastern suburb of Carthage on July 27, 2019.

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) consoles the widow of late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, former first lady Chadlia Saïda Farhat (L), during the late president’s state funeral at the presidential palace in the capital’s eastern suburb of Carthage on July 27, 2019.

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