What is Mustafa Ould Salek?
{{Infobox President | image = | name=Mustafa Ould Salek<br />المصطفى ولد محمد السالك | nationality= [[Demographics of Mauritania|Mauritanian]] | order= 2nd [[Heads of state of Mauritania|Chairman]] of the [[Military Committee for National Recovery]] | term_start= 10 July 1978 | term_end=3 June 1979 | predecessor= [[Moktar Ould Daddah]]<br /><small>(as President of Mauritania)</small> | successor= [[Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly]]<br /><small>(as Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation)</small> | birth_date= 1936 | birth_place= [[Kiffa]], [[Assaba Region]], [[Mauritania]], [[French West Africa]] | death_date= {{death date and age|2012|12|18|1936|df=yes}} | death_place= [[Paris]], [[France]] | spouse= | party= | vicepresident= <!--Military service--> |nickname = |allegiance = |branch = [[Mauritanian Army]] |serviceyears = |rank = [[Colonel]] |unit = |commands = |battles = |awards = }} [[Col.]] '''Mustafa Ould Salek''' ({{lang-ar|المصطفى ولد محمد السالك}}; &lrm; 1936 &ndash; 18 December 2012) was the [[Heads of State of Mauritania|President of Mauritania]] from 1978 through 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/news/538384|title=Death of former president of Mauritania (Arabic)|publisher=bna.bh|date=2012-12-18|access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref> He was an army [[officer]]. He led an army [[coup d'état]] in 1978 against the president at that time, [[Moktar Ould Daddah]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Jonathan Kandell;Special to The New York |date=1978-07-11 |title=Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/military-takes-over-in-mauritania-with-a-reportedly-bloodless-coup.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Presidents of Mauritania}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ould Salek, Mustafa}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Mauritania]] {{bio-stub}}