Mauritanian president mohamed ould abdel aziz in
Mauritania: the trial of ex-president Aziz can continue
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز, romanized: Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz; born 20 December ) [1] is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from to
Mauritania: Ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz sentenced to ...
Former president of Mauritania gets 5-year prison sentence ...
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز, romanized: Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz; born 20 December 1956) [1] is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.
Mauritania's ex-President Aziz jailed for five years for ...
| Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | 8th President of Mauritania. |
| NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and "illicit enrichment". | |
| In office 5 August 2009 – 1 August 2019. |
Mauritanian ex-president in court for landmark corruption trial
- A court in Mauritania has jailed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for five years for corruption.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019
In this Mauritanian name, Ould Abdel Aziz is a patronymic surname.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز, romanized: Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz; born 20 December 1956)[1] is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.[2]
A career soldier and high-ranking officer, he was a leading figure in the August 2005 coup that ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, and later in August 2008, he led another coup, that removed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After the 2008 coup, Mohamed became president of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election.[3] He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won.[4] He took office in August 2009.
Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz jailed
Ex-Mauritanian leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ruled out of ...
Corruption trial begins for Mauritanian former president
Mauritanian ex-president heads into historic trial -
- NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian court handed down a five-year prison sentence to the country’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after finding him guilty of money laundering and self-enrichment, his attorneys said Tuesday.