What the records say
- When
- 6 Apr 1979
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 18.09° N, 15.98° W
- Description
- 1979 military coup in Mauritania
1979 Mauritanian coup d'état
1979 military coup in Mauritania
The 1979 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup in Mauritania which took place on 6 April 1979. The coup was led by Colonel Ahmed Ould Bouceif and Colonel Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, who seized power from President, Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek and the 20-member ruling Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN), a military junta which was formed after a previous coup in 1978.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Mauritania”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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