Moktar Ould Daddah

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Moktar Ould Daddah
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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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  1. "Mauritania lays president to rest" . BBC News . 18 October 2003.

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