Moktar Ould Daddah ????? ??? ?????
1st President of Mauritania
In office 28 November 1960 ? 10 July 1978
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mustafa Ould Salek
1st Prime Minister of Mauritania
In office 21 May 1957 ? 20 August 1961
President	Himself
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished (eventually Ahmed Ould Bouceif as Prime Minister in 1979)
Personal details
Born	25 December 1924 Boutilimit , Mauritania , French West Africa
Died	14 October 2003 (2003-10-14) (aged 78) Paris, France
Nationality	Mauritanian
Political party	Mauritanian People's Party
Relations	Ahmed Ould Daddah (half-brother)

Moktar Ould Daddah ( Arabic : ????? ??? ????? Mukht?r Wald D?dd?h ; 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 removed in a military coup d'etat .

He died in Paris after a long-illness on October 14, 2003 at the age of 78. ^[1]

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• Moktar Ould Daddah on Encyclopædia Britannica

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