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| Date | 10 July 1978 |
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| Location | Nouakchott, Mauritania |
| Type | Military coup |
| Cause | Participation of Mauritania in the Western Sahara War |
| Organised by | Mustafa Ould Salek |
| Participants | Faction within the Armed Forces |
| Outcome |
Coup succeeds
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The 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Mauritania which took place on 10 July 1978.[1][2] The coup, led by the Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek, who commanded a group of junior officers, overthrew President Moktar Ould Daddah, who ruled the country since independence from France in 1960. The main motive for the coup was Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara War (from 1975 onwards) and the resulting ruin of the economy of Mauritania.[3] Following the coup, Salek had assumed the presidency of a newly-formed military junta, the 20-member Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN).[1][4]
Reports from the capital Nouakchott said no shooting had been heard in the city, and no casualties had been announced.[1]
After a period of imprisonment, Ould Daddah was allowed to go into exile in France in August 1979, and was allowed to return to Mauritania on 17 July 2001.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup". The New York Times. July 11, 1978. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/military-takes-over-in-mauritania-with-a-reportedly-bloodless-coup.html. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ↑ "MAURITANIA REGIME HELD PRO‐WESTERN". The New York Times. July 12, 1978. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/12/archives/mauritania-regime-held-prowestern-government-formed-after-a-coup.html. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ↑ Robert E. Handloff. "Mauritania: Government". Mauritania: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988.. http://countrystudies.us/mauritania/52.htm. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ↑ "موقع" موريتانيد"". Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20121220101247/http://www.mauritanid.net/spip.php?article13727. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ "Ousted Mauritanian president returns home". BBC. July 18, 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1443999.stm. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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