Moktar ould daddah biography of michael jordan

President of Mauritania from to

In this Mauritanian name, Ould Daddah is a patronymic surname.

Moktar Ould Daddah (Arabic: مختار ولد داداه, romanized:&#;Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, – October 14, ) 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 to and as its first President of Mauritania, a position he held for 28 years until he was deposed in a military coup d'etat in ^[1]

He established an authoritarian one-party state, with his Mauritanian People's Party being the sole legal political entity in the country, and followed a policy of "Islamic socialism" with many nationalizations of private businesses.

In his memoirs, Moktar expressed concern that the issue of slavery in Mauritania could lead to armed conflict that would ultimately destroy the country.^[2]

In foreign affairs, he joined the Non-Aligne