Ahmed Ould Bouceif

Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif (Arabic: أحمد ولد بوسيف, 1934 – 27 May 1979) was a Mauritanian military officer and political leader. On April 6, 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other officers, ousting Col. Mustafa Ould Salek from real power, however kept in his symbolic position with no real power until June 3, 1979.

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Lieutenant colonel Ahmed Ould Bouceif
أحمد ولد بوسيف
Prime Minister of Mauritania
In office 6 April 1979 – 27 May 1979
President	Mustafa Ould Salek
Preceded by	Office reestablished (Moktar Ould Daddah prior to abolition in 1961)
Succeeded by	Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi
Personal details
Born	1934 (1934)
Died	27 May 1979(1979-05-27) (aged 44–45) Off the coast of Dakar, Senegal
Military service
Battles/wars	Western Sahara War
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He became the 2nd Prime Minister of Mauritania in the new government. He died the following month when a DHC-5 Buffalo airplane of the Air Force,^[1] crashed off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, at which point Haidallah emerged as the regime's main strongman.^[2][3][4]

1. ^ "Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo 5T-MAX, Sunday 27 May 1979". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
2. ^ Handloff, Robert Earl.; Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. (1990). "Mauritania : a country study". Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. p. 33. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
3. ^ "MAURITANIA PREMIER DIES IN PLANE CRASH (Published 1979)". The New York Times. 28 May 1979. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. ^ "The Death of Mauritania's Prime Minister Last Week Added Uncertainty (Published 1979)". The New York Times. 3 June 1979. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Post vacant	Prime Minister of Mauritania 1979	Succeeded by Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi

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