DADDAH, MOKTAR OULD

mookhˈtär oold dädˈdä, 1924–2003, president of Mauritania (1961–78). He became premier when Mauritania joined the French Community (1958). Elected president when Mauritania gained independence (1961), he identified the nation with Arab North Africa. Reelected four times, he was overthrown in a coup in 1978 due to the unpopular war against guerrillas in the S Western Sahara, and went into exile in France.

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Mauritania
Book by James Morrow; Mason Crest, 2004
Subjects: Mauritania--Juvenile Literature
...of their constituents, Moktar Ould Daddah and Georges Pompidou, president...appointed head of the ministers. Moktar Ould Daddah, a lawyer (the only one in...Valley. This choice reflected Moktar Ould Daddahs political strategy: to change...
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France's Relationship with Subsaharan Africa
Book by Anton Andereggen; Praeger Publishers, 1994
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan--Foreign Relations--1960-, Africa, Sub-Saharan--Foreign Relations--France, France--Foreign Relations--1945-, France--Foreign Relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan
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A Survey of North West Africa (The Maghrib)
Book by Nevill Barbour; Oxford University Press, 1962
Subjects: Africa, North
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
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Foreign Aid, Self-Reliance, and Economic Development in West Africa
Book by R. Omotayo Olaniyan; Praeger, 1996
Subjects: Africa, West--Economic Policy, Economic Assistance--Africa, West, Sustainable Development--Africa, West
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A Poet Passes: Leopold Sedar Senghor Remembered
Magazine article by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah; The National Interest, Spring 2002
Subjects: Poets--Biography, Senghor, Leopold Sedar--Biography
...too, going with a friend to visit my own President, Moktar Ould Daddah, then the guest of his Senegalese colleague Leopold Sedar...perdus (Lost Poems), translated by Melvin Dixon Ahmedou Ould Abdallah is executive secretary of the Global Coalition...


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Western Policy Up for a Vote; Mauritanians to Elect Leader, Choose Their Political Way
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 6, 2003
...military strongman in 1984. Another prominent candidate is Ahmed Ould Daddah, half-brother of independence leader Moktar Ould Daddah who died last week at 88. A third contender is Messaoud Ould Boulkheir - a representative in the National Assembly...


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Daddah, Moktar Ould
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DADDAH, MOKTAR OULD mookh tar oold dad da, 1924 2003, president of Mauritania (1961 78). He became premier when Mauritania joined the French Community...


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