Moktar Ould Daddah

Moktar Ould Daddah (Arabic: مختار ولد داداه‎; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.

Read more about Moktar Ould Daddah:  Background, President of Mauritania, War in Western Sahara, Downfall and Later Life

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