Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi stands in his office before an event in Tunis on January 14, 2015, marking the fourth anniversary of the ousting of Tunisia's longtime ruler Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. On January 14 2011, under massive popular pressure over unemployment and inflation, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia with his family after 23 years in power.