sentences:  Few days after, on May 19, Khalihenna Ould Errachid declared his allegiance to the King of Morocco in Fez.Several sources claimed that he left Western Sahara with between 160,000 and 6,000,000 pesetas from the PUNS cash office.Under King Hassan II, he was appointed in 1977 as Minister of Saharan Affairs, and later as mayor (President of the Municipal Council) of El-Aaiun from 1983 until 2006, when he was succeeded by his brother, Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid.