Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya is a Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005. He also served as the fifth Prime minister of Mauritania
Site of the Mauritania–Senegal border conflict
Al-Taya was ousted while attending the funeral of Saudi King Fahd.
Fahd of Saudi Arabia
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Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982.
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
…al-Taya announced an increase in pay for the civil service and pensions in November 2004. While Ould Taya was out of the country for the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in early August 2005, soldiers seized government buildings and the state media. The group, which identified itself as the Military…
Official portrait, 1982
Interior Minister Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Ambassador to the United States
Crown Prince Fahd and King Khalid at a ceremony
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat receives King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd, Cairo, in July 1975