Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (Arabic: معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع, romanized: Ma‘āwiyah wuld Sīdi Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭāya‘ / Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya; born...

aide-de-camp to President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya from 1987 to 1991. Ghazouani was an ally of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and was his...

that ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After...

Mauritania from July 6, 2003, when he was appointed by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya following an attempted coup in the previous month, until August...

In August 2005, a military coup led by Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ended Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's 21 years of strong-arm rule. On August 3, the Mauritanian...

withdrawn in favour of Morocco in 1979. The long-serving President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was ousted by the military of Mauritania and replaced by the...

behind the coup, which Morocco denied, and in the next month Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was appointed Prime Minister. Another attempted coup was allegedly...

Look up Taya or taya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Taya is a given name and surname, and may refer to: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Mauritanian Leader...

Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born August 11, 1949) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician who has twice served as Foreign Minister, from 1998 to 2001, and from...

by Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall ended President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's twenty-one years of rule. Taking advantage of Ould Taya's attendance at...

President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. In August 2008, General Ould Abdel Aziz led the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état that toppled President Sidi Ould Cheikh...

ultimately leading to greater tension between the two countries. Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, president of Mauritania at the time, and Abdou Diouf, president...

in 1986, he served in the government under President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Under the Taya administration, he served as Minister of Hydraulics and...

was a long-time ally of President Maaouya Ould Taya, and participated in the December 1984 coup that brought Ould Taya himself to power. Prior to the 2005...

coup d'état: Colonel Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya rose to power after a bloodless coup that overthrew President Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla. 1984 Guinean...

four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served...

successor, Col. Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, on 12 December 1984 depose Col. Haidallah and himself rule the country until 2005. Ould Bneijara died in...

third place with 6.89%, behind Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla. On 8 November, together with Ould Haidalla and another opposition...

enlisted ranks, making them a threat to Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and his rule. Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, with Saddam Hussein's approval, expelled...

President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was easily re-elected against weak opposition. The opposition alleged election fraud, and Ould Taya's main challenger...

2003, he led an attempted coup, aiming to overthrow President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. He commanded a rebel section of the Army during two days of...

 Mauritania 1984 Mauritanian coup d'état Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Coup successful 6 April 1985  Sudan 1985 Sudanese coup...

Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime minister (1979–1980) Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara, Prime minister (1980–1981) Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime minister...

verification procedure. On 27 September, former Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ould Boilil publicly confirmed the reports and declared that the government would...

and Mauritania proper. Mauritania, under the regime of President Moktar Ould Daddah, had a weakened army of 3,000 men, which was unable to fend off the...

military coup took place in Mauritania on 3 August 2005. President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was ousted by the Armed Forces of Mauritania and replaced by...

Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current head of state of Mauritania is the President of the Republic Mohamed Ould Ghazouani...

again from November 16, 1998, to July 6, 2003, under President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya; later, he briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs again...

Mustafa Ould Salek, the party was abolished and banned, and Mauritania's civilian leadership was replaced with military rule until President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed...

August 2005 that ousted long-time President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. The head of the junta, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, said that he and the other members...