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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla

president of Mauritania
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla served as the prime minister of Mauritania, taking over the position in January 1980. He later became president, succeeding Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly. In December 1984, Colonel Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya assumed the presidency and the office of prime minister from Ould Haidalla through a bloodless coup.1

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  1. Mauritania - Presidency of Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya (1984–2005)
  2. Mauritania - Coups of 2005 and 2008 and the return to stability

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