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Ahmed Ould Daddah (born 7 August 1942) is a Mauritanian economist, politician and civil servant. He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and belongs to the Marabout Ouled Birri tribe. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Moktar Ould Daddah Moktar Ould Daddah (Arabic: مختار ولد داده; 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 deposed in a military coup detat. ... This page contains a list of Presidents and Heads of State of Mauritania See also lists of incumbents List of Heads of State of Mauritania Affiliations:- PPM = Partie des Personnes de Mauritanian (Mauritanian Peoples Party, to 1961 PRM) - authoritarian PRDS = Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social (Social and... A marabout is a personal spiritual leader in the Islam faith as practiced in West Africa, and still to a limited extent in the Maghreb. ... The Ouled Birri (spelled variously) is a Moorish tribe in the Trarza region of northern Mauritania. ... http://www. ...

Daddah began his career in 1971 as the director-general of the National Import-Export bank of Mauritania. In 1973, he began a stint as the Governor of the national Central Bank, ending in 1978. He was minister of finance and commerce in 1978. Following his brother's ouster, Daddah was an economist for the World Bank from 1986 to 1991.^[1] In January 1992 he ran for president against Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and took second place with 32.73% of the vote; after a boycott of the December 1997 election, he ran again in November 2003 and took third place with 6.89%, behind Taya and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.^[2] 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Maaouya Ould SidAhmed Taya (Arabic: ) (b. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (Arabic: ; born 1940) was the President of Mauritania and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984. ...

He is currently the leader of the Rally of Democratic Forces and declared his party to be "the country's biggest political force" after the November 2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election,^[3] as head of the eight party opposition alliance. He was a candidate in the March 2007 presidential election. In the first round, held on 11 March, he won almost 21% of the vote, in second place behind Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who won almost 25%.^[4] In the second round of the election, held on 25 March, Daddah was defeated by Abdallahi, taking 47.15% of the vote against Abdallahi's 52.85%.^[2][5] Daddah won in three of the country's 13 regions: in the capital, Nouakchott, in Inchiri Region,^[6] and in Trarza Region, where he is from.^[5][6] Daddah accepted the results and congratulated Abdallahi on his victory.^[5] The Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques) is a political party in Mauritania. ... Parliamentary and municipal elections in Mauritania occurred on 19 November and 3 December 2006. ... A Mauritanian presidential election is scheduled for 11 March 2007. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Arabic: ‎) (born 1938[1]) is a Mauritanian politician. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Nouakchott (Arabic: نواكشوط or انواكشوط; population estimate 1999: 881,000) is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania. ... Inchiri is a region in western Mauritania. ... Trarza is a region in south-west Mauritania. ...

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External links

• Official website (in French or Arabic)