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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Personal data
Date of birth20 December 1956(age 59)
Place of birthAkjoujt, French Mauritania
Political partyUnion for the Republic
ReligionSunni Islam
President of Mauritania
Assumed office5 August 2009
Prime ministerMoulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Preceded byBa Mamadou Mbaré (Acting)
In office6 August 2008 - 15 April 2009
as President of the High Council of State
Prime ministerMoulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Succeeded byBa Mamadou Mbaré (Acting)
Preceded bySidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (as President)

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General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (var. Muhammad Abdel-‘Aziz, Ould Abdelaziz, born 20 December 1956) is a Mauritanian politician, currently serving as President of Mauritania. A career soldier and high-ranking officer, he was a leading figure in the August 2005 coup that deposed President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and in August 2008 he led another coup, that toppled President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Following the latter coup, Abdel Aziz became President of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election. He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won. He was sworn in on 5 August 2009.


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