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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 retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as 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, Mohamed became president of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has received more than 583,450 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is the 7,226th most popular politician (down from 6,202nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Mauritania (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mauritanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 7,226 out of 19,576. Before him are Jonathan Apphus, Osorkon III, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Yevno Azef, John II, Duke of Lorraine, and Alejandro Toledo. After him are António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Bernhard Schmidt, Bohemond VI of Antioch, Onjo of Baekje, and Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 81. Before him are Baruch Goldstein, La Toya Jackson, Krystian Zimerman, Miguel Bosé, Alejandro Giammattei, and Ewa Kopacz. After him are Sugar Ray Leonard, Andrus Ansip, Alain Ducasse, Boris Trajkovski, Frances Arnold, and Mimi Rogers.

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In Mauritania

Among people born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 4 out of 20. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938). After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Abderrahmane Sissako (1961), Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957), and Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mauritania

Among politicians born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ranks 4. Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956), and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938). After him are Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957), Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957), and Yahya Ould Hademine (1953).

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