Facts: - successor: robert mugabe ba mamadou mbare -lrb- acting -rrb- - party: union for the republic - allegiance: mauritania - primeminister: moulaye laghdaf yahya ould hademine moulaye laghdaf - office: president president of the high council of state acting president of of mauritania mauritania 12th chairperson of the african union - predecessor: ba ould cheikh abdallahi mamadou mbare -lrb- acting -rrb- hailemariam desalegn sidi - rank: brigadier general - term end: 30 january 2015 15 april 2009 * acting - term start: 5 august 2009 30 january 2014 6 august 2008 - birth date: 20 december 1956 - name: mohamed ould abdel aziz - branch: mauritanian army - nationality: mauritanian - image: mohamed . jpg ould abdel aziz august 2014 -lrb- cropped -rrb- - birth place: akjoujt , french west africa - religion: sunni islam - serviceyears: 1977 -- 2009 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mohamed ould abdel aziz .
mohamed ould abdel aziz -lrb- born 20 december 1956 -rrb- is the president of mauritania , in office since 2009 .a career soldier and high-ranking officer , he was a leading figure in the august 2005 coup that deposed president maaouya ould sid ' ahmed taya , and in august 2008 he led another coup , which toppled president sidi ould cheikh abdallahi .following the 2008 coup , abdel aziz became president of the high council of state as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election .he resigned from that post in april 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the july 2009 presidential election , which he won .he was sworn in on 5 august 2009 .abdel aziz also served as the chairman of the african union from 2014 to 2015 .