Mu'awiya Ould Sid'Ahmed al-Taya (born 28 November 1941) is a Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the President of Mauritania from...

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...

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...

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...

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...

withdrawn in favour of Morocco in 1979.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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

Ely Ould Mohamed Vall was a long-time ally of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and participated in the December 1984 coup that brought Ould Taya himself...

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

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...

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya overthrew Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla . 8-9 June 2003: coup attempt by Saleh Ould Hanenna against Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed...

Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (died 737), Umayyad prince and commander Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born in 1941), president of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005 Mu'awiya...

President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, the President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the Prime Minister of Poland Marek Belka, the President of Portugal...

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...

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...

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...

Incumbent President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya won the election with 90% of the vote. Voter turnout was 75%. President Ould Taya came to power in a coup...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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