The coup resulted in the dismissal of the CMRN and the formation of the 24-member Military Committee for National Salvation (CMSN), a new junta initially under the presidency of Salek as a figurehead, until his resignation on 3 June.[2] He was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly.[2] Bouceif was appointed Prime Minister, and served until his death in an airplane crash in Senegal on 27 May.[3] He was succeeded by Haidalla on 31 May.[4]