Ousting of Moktar Ould Daddah

Date: July 10, 1978 • Location: Paris, France

Moktar Ould Daddah, the first president of Mauritania, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Mustafa Ould Salek.

Moktar Ould Daddah 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 1957 to 1961 and as its first President of Mauritania, a position he held for 18 years until he was deposed in a military coup d'etat in 1978.