Habib Ben Ali Bourguiba (born August 3, 1903 in Monastir – died April 6, 2000) was the President of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987. He often compared to Turkish leader Kemal Atatürk because of the pro-Western reforms enacted during his administration.

Bourguiba was installed as president in 1957 after the overthrow of the Bey Muhammad al-Amin , Tunisia's constitutional monarch. Regarded as an ideological moderate, he promoted secularism and women's rights. He was chosen as President for Life by the Tunisian parliament in 1975, although a liberalization program began in 1981 following the sacking of conservative Prime Minister Hédi Nouira .

His presidency was terminated when his advanced age and increasing senility led Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to stage a coup d'état against his government. Bourguiba was subsequently held under house arrest in Monastir until his death.