Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز Muḥammad Wald ‘Abd al-‘Azīz; born 20 December 1956)[1] was the President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz محمد ولد عبد العزيز | |
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.jpg) Abdel-Aziz in 2014 | |
| 8th President of Mauritania | |
| In office 5 August 2009 – 1 August 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Moulaye Laghdaf Yahya Ould Hademine |
| Preceded by | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
| 12th Chairperson of the African Union | |
| In office 30 January 2014 – 30 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mugabe |
| President of the High Council of State Acting President of Mauritania | |
| In office 6 August 2008 – 15 April 2009* Acting | |
| Prime Minister | Moulaye Laghdaf |
| Preceded by | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi |
| Succeeded by | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1956 Akjoujt, French West Africa |
| Nationality | Mauritanian |
| Political party | Union for the Republic |
| Spouse(s) | Mariam Mint Ahmed Dit Tekber |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Mauritania |
| Branch/service | Mauritanian Army |
| Years of service | 1977–2009 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
Ould Abdel Aziz was a member of the military junta which ousted President Ould Taya in 2005. Following the 2008 coup, Abdel Aziz became President of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election.[2] He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won. He was sworn in on 5 August 2009.[3]
Abdel Aziz also served as the Chairman of the African Union from 2014 to 2015.
On July 9, 2020, Mohamed Abdel Aziz was to respond to the convening of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry tasked with writing a "report". In the aftermath, the Mauritanian justice started to boil in a race against the clock for the construction of the High court of justice, only authorized to judge the president of the republic in the event of high treason.
In October 2023, the prosecutor requests 20 years in prison with confiscation of the property of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.[4]
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz Media
Mauritanian soldiers after coup.
Aziz during transitional presidency January 2009.
Mamadou his interim successor
Aziz speaks at a popular festival in Nouadhibou on 13 March the year he was shot
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References
- ↑ (in Spanish) Biografías de Líderes Políticos es un servicio de la Fundació CIDOB Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Cidob.org (8 January 2009). Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
- ↑ "Le Haut Conseil d'Etat rend public un nouveau communiqué" Archived 12 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, AMI, 7 August 2008 (in French).
- ↑ "Mauritarian coup leader sworn in as president", AFP, 5 August 2009.
- ↑ Mauritanie : vingt ans de prison ferme requis contre l’ex-président Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, LeMonde, 25 November 2023.