Moktar Ould Daddah
President of Mauritania from 1960 to 1978
Born
Dec 25, 1924 (101)
Birth Place
Boutilimit
Nationality
France
Died
2003-10-14
About
Moktar Ould Daddah was a Mauritanian politician who served as the country's first President after it gained its independence from France. Moktar served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1957 to 1961 and as its first President of Mauritania, a position he held for 18 years until he was deposed in a military coup d'etat in 1978.