Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif | |
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أحمد ولد بوسيف | |
| Prime Minister of Mauritania | |
| In office 1979–1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi |
Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif (Arabic: أحمد ولد بوسيف, 1934 – 27 May 1979) was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other officers, ousting Col. Mustafa Ould Salek from power. He became the 2nd Prime Minister of Mauritania in the new government. He died the following month in an airplane crash off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, at which point Haidallah emerged as the regime's main strongman.[1]
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| Independent | ||
*acting †military | ||
References
- ↑ Handloff, Robert Earl.; Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. (1990). "Mauritania : a country study". Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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