Leila Trabelsi, the pet hate of Tunisians | M6 | 66 minutes

She is now the most detested woman in Tunisia. Even after fleeing the country, Leila Trabelsi, 54, wife of ex-dictator Ben Ali, continues to arouse passions. They say she is a hard character, as witnessed by her butler, who was in her service for 18 years. He claims to have been reduced to near slavery, “paid a pittance by that millionaire”. Born in a lower-class neighbourhood, the woman they call “the hair cutter of Carthage”, along with her clan, really trimmed the country. Banks, businesses, real estate…the Trabelsi family got their hands on anything that brought in money. And woe to anyone who resisted the first lady. The head of a private school, in competition with an establishment belonging to the Trabelsis, tells how they forced her to shut up shop. From the poor neighbourhoods of Tunis to gilded palaces, 66 Minutes retraces the career of the wife of the president.