Moktar Ould Daddah (Arabic: مختار ولد داداه, romanized: Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led...

Ould Daddah may refer to one of two Mauritanian political figures: Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003), President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from...

years after independence, Mauritania was a one-party state under Moktar Ould Daddah. This was followed by decades of military rule. The first fully democratic...

Ahmed Ould Daddah (Arabic: أحمد ولد داداه, born 7 August 1942) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician. He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah, the...

national flag was introduced under the instructions of President Moktar Ould Daddah and the constitution of 22 March 1959 and was officially adopted on...

at the French war academy. In 1978, the Mauritanian Army overthrew Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, in an attempt to forestall government...

Mohamed Salek was appointed Army Commander by longtime President Moktar Ould Daddah in February 1978, as the country faced dire economic crisis and was...

was a major reason for the Mauritanian armed forces to overthrow Moktar Ould Daddah, the President of Mauritania in 1979 and an immediate cease-fire with...

1956) Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir, Mauritanian politician Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003), Former Mauritanian President Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (born...

the Polisario forces aimed to overthrow the regime of President Moktar Ould Daddah. In early June 1976, a force of several hundred Polisario guerrillas...

[citation needed] President Moktar Ould Daddah had claimed the territory as part of "Greater Mauritania" even before independence (Ould Ahmed Salem, p. 498)...

Mauritania. After the Independence of the country in 1960, President Moktar Ould Daddah merged his Mauritanian Regroupment Party with other opposition parties...

Sardauna of Sokoto, on 15 January 1966. On 18 July 1974, President Moktar Ould Daddah, who was on a state visit to Nigeria, paid a visit to Sultan Sir Abubakar...

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

on 20 August 1961 to elect the President for the next five years. Moktar Ould Daddah, who had been acting head of state since independence from France...

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

ministers (complete list) – Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime minister (1960–1961) Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Prime minister (1979) Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi, Acting Prime minister...

the part of some to try to put aside their differences. President Moktar Ould Daddah was able gradually to gain the support of numerous opposition parties...

(CMRN), which under the leadership of Mustafa Ould Salek, overthrew on July 10, 1978, President Moktar Ould Daddah in a military coup due to the conflict in...

President Moktar Ould Daddah. On 16 March 1981 he staged a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla with the help of former officer Mohamed Ould Abdelkader...

Development in September 1971 by the first post-independence president, Moktar Ould Daddah. During the 1970s he served in a series of positions in the government...

party of Mauritania from 1961 to 1978. It was headed by President Moktar Ould Daddah. Daddah founded the party shortly after Mauritania's independence from...

Army and Government apparatus. In 1978, the one-party government of Moktar Ould Daddah was severely compromised by the failing war effort, and fell to a...

Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah has helped decrease the prevalence of Pulaar. Hames states that the Moor supportive presidency of Daddah led to an increase...

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

present-day Nouakchott was chosen by Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and his advisors. Ould Daddah desired the new capital to symbolize...

the election. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who served as a minister under Moktar Ould Daddah during the 1970s and briefly under Ould Taya in the 1980s,...

which had been fighting Mauritania since the Government of President Moktar Ould Daddah entered the Western Sahara War in 1975. The CMSN opted for a full...

common memory of warfare and slave raids.[citation needed] President Moktar Ould Daddah, originally assisted to the post by the French, rapidly reformed Mauritania...

coup d'état Moktar Ould Daddah Mustafa Ould Salek Coup successful 6 April 1979 1979 Mauritanian coup d'état Mustafa Ould Salek Ahmed Ould Bouceif Mohamed...