Moktar Ould Daddah

Moktar Ould Daddah ( Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; 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.

References

Other websites
Moktar Ould Daddah on Encyclopædia Britannica

Category:1924 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:Presidents of Mauritania
Category:Prime ministers of Mauritania