What is Mu'awiya al-Taya?
{{Infobox president | name = Mu'awiya al-Taya<br />{{lang|ar|معاوية الطايع}} | image = | imagesize = 175px | nationality = [[Mauritania]]n | order = 5th [[Heads of State of Mauritania|President of Mauritania]] | term_start = 12 December 1984 | term_end = 3 August 2005 | predecessor = [[Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla]] | successor = [[Ely Ould Mohamed Vall]] | order2 = 5th [[Prime Minister of Mauritania]] | term_start2 = 25 April 1981 | term_end2 = 8 March 1984 | predecessor2 = [[Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara|Sid'Ahmed Bneijara]] | successor2 = [[Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla]] | order3 = | term_start3 = 12 December 1984 | term_end3 = 18 April 1992 | predecessor3 = [[Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla]] | successor3 = [[Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|11|28}} | birth_place = [[Atar, Mauritania|Atar]], [[Colonial Mauritania|French Mauritania]] | spouse = [[Aisha Mint Ahmed-Tolba]] | party = [[Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal|Democratic and Social Republican Party]] (PRDS) | vicepresident = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = [[Mauritanian Army]] | serviceyears = 1961–1992 | rank = [[Colonel]] | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | caption = Al-Taya in 2003 }} '''Mu'awiya Ould Sid'Ahmed al-Taya''' ({{lang-ar|معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع|translit=Muʿāwiya Walad Sayyidī Aḥmad al-Ṭāyaʿ}}; born November 28, 1943) is a [[Mauritania]]n [[Officer|military officer]] and a [[politician]]. He was the [[Heads of State of Mauritania|President of Mauritania]] from 1984 to 2005. He was also the 5th [[Prime Minister of Mauritania]] from April 1981 to March 1984 and then from December 1984 to April 1992.<r