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Moktar Ould Daddah , 1924-2003, president of Mauritania (1961-78). He became premier when Mauritania joined the French Community (1958). Elected president when Mauritania gained independence (1961), he identified the nation with Arab North Africa. Reelected four times, he was overthrown in a coup in... Read more

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Mauritania
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Mauritanian region. The country's first president, Moktar Ould Daddah, was replaced in 1978 by a military government, the Military...executive President. In January 1992 Colonel Moaouia Ould Sidi Taya was duly elected, having been first appointed...

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Secretary-General saddened at death of Moktar Ould Daddah, first President of...
M2 Presswire ...General saddened at death of Moktar Ould Daddah, first President of Mauritania...General Kofi Annan on the death of Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania: The Secretary...saddened to learn of the death of Moktar ...
Profile: Three major contestants in Mauritanian presidential race
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency ...hopefuls in the race: Ahmed Ould Daddah, 65, is the candidate...He is the brother of Moktar Ould Daddah who is Mauritania's...from France in 1960. Daddah used to be the head of...former President Maaouya ...
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...study virus and DNA molecules. Moktar Ould Daddah, the founding father of Mauritania...cause of death was reported. Mr. Daddah took over as leader of the West...1975. That deal backfired on Mr. Daddah, as Western Saharan separatists...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...long-standing President Maaouiya Ould Taya. West Africa analyst Richard...The chief of them is Ahmed Ould Daddah, the leader of the largest party...Mauritania's founding president [Moktar Ould Daddah]." Other favorites ...
Founding father of Mauritania dies
Newspaper article from: The Herald News - Joliet (IL) PARIS -- Moktar Ould Daddah, the founding father of Mauritania...French authorities said. Born in 1924, Daddah was about 79. A cause of death was not given. Daddah took over as leader of the West African...
Backgrounder: Brief introduction about Mauritanian political process after...
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency ...Republic of Mauritania gained independence from France. Moktar Ould Daddah became the first president. 1978: The regime of Daddah was toppled in a military coup. 1980: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla became the head of state and the prime ...
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Magazine article from: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs ...Deaths Former Mauritanian president Moktar Ould Daddah, 79, died Oct. 15 in a Paris...founding father" of Mauritania, Daddah ruled the West African nation from...independence. Two years later, Daddah appealed to the French government...
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Magazine article from: The National Interest ...residence of former governors of French West Africa. I remember, too, going with a friend to visit my own President, Moktar Ould Daddah, then the guest of his Senegalese colleague Leopold Sedar Senghor. To my surprise, President Senghor sat and spoke...
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Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) ...in a speech as he became chairman of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference. Mauritania PARIS -- Moktar Ould Daddah, the founding father of Mauritania who ruled from independence in 1960 until he was ousted by a coup in 1978, has...
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News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...President Maaoya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya, who is currently...in the vote, said Ahmed Ould Daddah, a top politician who...state, said Capt. Ahmed Ould Abeid, head of the central...Islamic radicals, and Moktar Ould Mohamed Moussa, ...

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