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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 Mauritania...
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    overthrow of President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in 2008, and was a member of the military junta that ousted former President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya In...
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    President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After the 2008...
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  • politician Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020), Mauritanian politician Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (born 1960), Mauritanian politician Yahya Ould Hademine...
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    that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by...
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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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    swearing in of the new President, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, on April 19, after which Abdallahi appointed Zeine Ould Zeidane as Prime minister on April...
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  • presidential spokesman Abdoulaye Mamadouba said President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef and the Interior minister were arrested...
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  • election. The election was ultimately won by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in the second round of voting. Abdallahi's opponents alleged that his candidacy was...
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    won by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Haidalla announced his support for Abdallahi in October 2007. However, following the coup that ousted Abdallahi in August...
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    on 25 March between the top two candidates, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah. Abdallahi won the second round with about 53% of the vote...
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    elected civilian government of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. This government was couped in 2008 by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The National Assembly...
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    place behind Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who won 24.80%. In the second round of the election, held on 25 March, Daddah was defeated by Abdallahi, taking 47...
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    The elections were won in a second round of voting by Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, with Ahmed Ould Daddah a close second. On 6 August 2008, the head of...
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    2008  Mauritania 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Coup successful 23 December 2008...
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    became Advisor to the Minister of Finance. After President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi took office in April 2007, he appointed Waghef as Secretary-General...
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    accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. August 6 – President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is deposed in a military coup d'état. August 7 –...
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  • Minister's Zeine Ould Zeidane and Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef until the August 2008 coup which overthrew President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and created a...
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    after a fair presidential election was held in 2007, in which Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was elected. Mauritania's membership in the African Union was...
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  • attack. Chester Yorton, 81, American bodybuilder, heart attack. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 82, Mauritanian politician, president (2007–2008). Carlo Ausino...
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    on 1 August 2009. Following the coup which deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on 6 August 2008, the new junta (the High Council of State) promised...
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  • the new government under Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane and President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Ould Mohamed Lemine was born in Kiffa. He joined the...
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    the Dakar Accord, which resulted in the agreement of President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi to resign and the formation of a Transitional Government of National...
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    placed fourth, receiving 9.79% of the vote. On March 19, he backed Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for the second round, despite the fact that he was part of the...
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    the party. The government was formed after Prime Minister Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya resigned with his government on 6 August 2020, amid an investigation...
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    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...
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    Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Ba Mamadou Mbaré Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Zeine Ould Zeidane Yahya Ould Ahmed...
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  • President Ould Taya. On March 17, Zeidane announced his support for Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi in the second round of the election. Abdallahi won the second...
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    Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. In August 2008, General Ould Abdel Aziz led the 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état that toppled President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi....
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  • placed fourth, receiving 9.79% of the vote; he subsequently backed Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for the second round, despite the participation of the APP in...
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