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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

1956 - Today

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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز, romanized: Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz; born 20 December 1956) is a former Mauritanian politician who was the 8th president of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.A career soldier and high-ranking officer, he was a leading figure in the August 2005 coup that ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After the 2008 coup, Abdel Aziz became president of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election. He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has received more than 548,727 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is the 6,218th most popular politician (down from 5,591st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Mauritania and the 2nd most popular Mauritanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 6,218 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, Jacopo Tiepolo, Shalmaneser IV, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, and Gaston, Count of Eu. After him are Willy Claes, Ferenc Mádl, George XII of Georgia, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Phriapatius, and Isidor Straus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 59Before him are Min Aung Hlaing, Michael Biehn, Dave Murray, Aileen Wuornos, Khaled Mashal, and Krystian Zimerman. After him are Joan Allen, Almazbek Atambayev, Abdalla Hamdok, Thomas N'Kono, Ali Asadov, and Patricia Cornwell.

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In Mauritania

Among people born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 2 out of 16Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924). After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941), Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Med Hondo (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Abderrahmane Sissako (1961), Yahya Ould Hademine (1953), and Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In Mauritania

Among politicians born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 2Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924). After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941), Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Yahya Ould Hademine (1953), Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957), and Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957).