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Ahmed Ould Bouceif

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Lt. Col.
Ahmed Ould Bouceif
أحمد ولد بوسيف‎
Prime Minister of Mauritania
In office
1979–1979
Succeeded byAhmed 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]

Political offices
Preceded by
Post vacant
Prime Minister of Mauritania
1979
Succeeded by


References

  1. ^ 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.