Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
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Colonel Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla is a Mauritanian former military officer and politician who served as the head of state of Mauritania from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984.
Mohamed Khouna 1983
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
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
…violent coup attempt against Mohamed Khouna failed. Mohamed Khouna accused Morocco of being behind the coup, which Morocco denied, and in the next month Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was appointed prime minister. Another attempted coup was allegedly sponsored by Libya. On 8 March 1984, Mohamed Khouna took the office of prime minister…
Site of the Mauritania–Senegal border conflict
Al-Taya was ousted while attending the funeral of Saudi King Fahd.