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    Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز, romanized: Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz; born 20 December 1956) is a retired Mauritanian military...
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    2018 to March 2019. At that time a close ally of his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, he was elected president of Mauritania on 22 June 2019 following...
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    led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who won subsequent presidential elections in 2009 and 2014. He was succeeded by Mohamed Ould Ghazouani following...
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    Ould Abdel Aziz, former Prime Minister Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya and the entire Administration resigned. On 6 August 2020 Mohamed Ould Cheikh...
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  • (1976–2016) Mohamed Abdelaziz (Libyan politician) (born 1951/1952), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya (2013–2014) Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956)...
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    including General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, General Muhammad Ould Al-Ghazwani, General Philippe Swikri, and Brigadier General (Aqid) Ahmad Ould Bakri. Member...
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    (not counting one Acting President). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current head...
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    the National Assembly since 2018 and candidate in 2014 and 2019. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former General, President of Mauritania from 2008 until 2019....
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  • leader of the 2005 coup, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was elected president in 2009. After his ten-year presidency, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's victory in the...
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    April 1959. On 5 August 2017, a referendum was held by president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to change the national flag, abolish the senate, and other constitutional...
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    rejected a challenge by the opposition. With incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz not running, the elections were reported to be the first peaceful...
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    Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as Head of State on 15 April 2009, when Abdel Aziz resigned to take part in the June 2009 presidential election. Abdel Aziz was...
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  • 2006 before being appointed as Prime Minister by junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on August 14, 2008. His appointment followed a military coup earlier...
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    was won by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was ousted by another military coup in 2008 and replaced by general Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Mauretania underwent...
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  • footballer Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi (born 1956), UAE diplomat Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956), Mauritanian politician Abdulazeez Ibrahim (born 1957)...
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    The mostly peaceful protest movement demanded that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz institute political, economic, and legal reforms. Common themes...
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  • transition to civilian democratic rule. The military under General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz seized power again in August 2008, ousting Abdallahi, and a new...
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    may be ineligible. The current Chairperson is Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Both Angola and Botswana are seeking the post in 2025; and...
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  • formed in 5 May 2009 by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after he resigned from the military, to run for President of Mauritania. Aziz resigned as chairman of...
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    Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 18 July 2009. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who led the 2008 coup d'état, won a narrow first-round majority...
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  • Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President, 2014 chair of the African Union Myanmar Thein Sein...
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    Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, South African President Jacob Zuma, and Ugandan President Yoweri...
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    Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was...
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    presidential elections, in which Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was elected president after incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was not able to run due to the two-term...
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    Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef (Arabic: باسم رأفت محمد يوسف, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbæːsem ˈɾɑʔfɑt mæˈħæmmæd ˈjuːsef]; born 22 March 1974) is...
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  • Mauritanian politician Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956), Mauritanian politician Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956) Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, Mauritanian...
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  • al-Qaeda. Among the factors offered to Guantanamo detainee Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser's Administrative Review Board, justifying his continued extrajudicial...
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    Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of the Union for the Republic, who received 82% of the vote. Most of the opposition parties boycotted the election. Mohamed Ould...
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  • "Mauritanie: Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir nommé Premier ministre - RFI". "Mauritanie : Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir nommé premier ministre par Abdel Aziz". KOACI...
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    at 12:00, becoming the first to land at the airport. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz arrived in the afternoon to inaugurate the airport amid the landing...
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