What is Moktar Ould Daddah?
{{Infobox President |name=Moktar Ould Daddah<br />{{lang|ar|مختار ولد داداه}} |image=Moktar Ould Daddah - 1977.jpg |birth_date=25 December 1924 |birth_place=[[Boutilimit]], [[Mauritania]], [[French West Africa]] |death_date={{death date and age|2003|10|14|1924|12|24|df=yes}} |death_place=[[Paris, France]] |nationality=[[Mauritania]]n |order=1st [[President of Mauritania]] |term_start=28 November 1960 |term_end=10 July 1978 |predecessor=''Position established'' |successor=[[Mustafa Ould Salek]] |order2=1st [[Prime Minister of Mauritania]] |term_start2=21 May 1957 |term_end2=20 August 1961 |president2=Himself |predecessor2=''Office established'' |successor2=''Office abolished''<br>(eventually [[Ahmed Ould Bouceif]] as Prime Minister in 1979) |party=[[Mauritanian People's Party]] |relations=[[Ahmed Ould Daddah]]<br><small>(half-brother)</small> }} '''Moktar Ould Daddah''' ({{lang-ar|مختار ولد داداه}} ''Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh''; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was the [[President of Mauritania]] from 1960, when his country gained its independence from [[France]], to 1978, when he was removed in a military [[coup d'etat]]. He died in [[Paris]] after a long-illness on October 14, 2003 at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3203896.stm|title=Mauritania lays president to rest|website=[[BBC News]]|date=18 October 2003}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9028499/Moktar-Ould-Daddah Moktar Ould Daddah] on ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' {{Presidents of Mauritania}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ould Daddah, Moktar}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Mauritania]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Mauritania]] {{bio-stub}}