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    Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (Arabic: محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould...
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  • Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (Arabic: إعلي ولد محمد فال I‘lī Wald Muḥammad Fāl; 1953 – 5 May 2017) was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following...
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    Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (Arabic: محمد خونا ولد هيداله Muḥammad Khouna Wald Haidalla; born 1940) was the head of state of Mauritania (Chairman...
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    Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After the 2008 coup, Mohamed became...
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    Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله‎; 1938 – 22 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician who was President of...
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    Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر; born on 31 May 1957) is a Mauritanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Mauritania twice...
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    al-Taya himself is sometimes termed "Saddam Hussein of Africa". Mu'awiya Ould Sidi Ahmed al-Taya was born on 28 November 1941 in Atar, then part of French...
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  • PRDR is part of the Mithaq El Wihda coalition and is led by Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall. "Coup ousts West-leaning leader of Mauritania". NBC News. 2005-08-03...
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  • Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine (born in 1952) is a Mauritanian politician. Born in the Hodh El Gharbi region, Ould Mohamed Lemine graduated from...
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  • Mauritanian media announced that Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, who was previously Prime Minister during ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's first term, was appointed...
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    led 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...
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    four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served...
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    Progress—grouped together to support the coup. According to PRDR leader Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Vall, this was "dictated by the necessity to preserve the stability...
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    Mauritania (not counting one Acting President). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current...
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    election 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...
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  • Dutch football player Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956), Mauritanian political figure Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017), Mauritanian political...
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    Representatives are arrested as thieves are arrested." — Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Maouloud Ould Cheikh Mohamed Vadel tried to attend the parliamentary session...
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  • June 2006. Elections were held in March 2007, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was elected president and Vall stood down. On August 6, 2008, Mauritania's presidential...
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    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 of the...
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  • President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani hours later. Ould Djay received his duties from Mohamed Ould Bilal on 5 August 2024 after meeting with Ould Ghazouani...
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  • Sidi boûtlili. El-Asasla. El-Drabka. Ahl-boudrbila. Oulad Idriss. Djema'a Sahrawi Moors Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Mohamed Ould...
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    Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD), headed by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, while Taya was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Fahd...
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  • 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...
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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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    Salem Ould Bakar, a Senator from Boutilimit. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz seized power in a 6 August 2008 coup d'état that deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh...
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    workers are exploited by Beydan landowners and bosses. According to Ahmed Vall Ould Dine of Mauritanian Human Rights Watch, "Slaves tend to develop very close...
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  • In August 2005, Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall led a successful coup in the country that ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. The Military Council...
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    seizing power, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall named Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar as Prime Minister following the resignation of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's last...
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    the country under President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Before the first round's count was complete, Ahmed Ould Daddah claimed victory for his party...
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  • list) – Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President (1984–2005) Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Chairman of the Military Council (2005–2007) Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi...
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