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| Date | 6 April 1979 |
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| Location | Nouakchott,Mauritania |
| Type | Military coup |
| Motive | Regime change |
| Target | Presidential Palace, Nouakchott |
| Organised by | Ahmed Ould Bouceif Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla |
| Participants | Faction within theArmed Forces |
| Outcome | Coup succeeds
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The1979 Mauritanian coup d'état was amilitarycoup inMauritania which took place on 6 April 1979.[1] The coup was led by ColonelAhmed Ould Bouceif and ColonelMohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, who seized power from President, ColonelMustafa Ould Salek and the 20-member rulingMilitary Committee for National Recovery (CMRN), amilitary junta which was formed after a previous coup in 1978.
The coup resulted in the dismissal of the CMRN and the creation of the 24-member junta, theMilitary Committee for National Salvation (CMSN), initially under the presidency of Salek as afigurehead until his official resignation on 3 June.[2][3] He was succeeded by Lieutenant-ColonelMohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly.[2] Bouceif was appointed prime minister, and served until his death in an airplane crash inSenegal on 27 May.[4] He was succeeded by Haidalla on 31 May.[5]
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