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People's Progressive Alliance (Mauritania)
The People's Progressive Alliance (french: Alliance populaire progressiste, APP) is a political party in Mauritania. The President of the APP is Messoud Ould Boulkheir,"Messoud Ould Boulkheir, candidat à la présidentielle mauritanienne de mars" , African Press Agency (lemauritanien.com), January 20, 2007 . who was a candidate in the November 2003 presidential election, which was won by |
Messoud Ould Boulkheir
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir ( ar, مسعود ولد بو الخير, born 1943, Fara El Kitane ar, فرع الكتان) was among the first Haratine to become a political leader in Mauritania. Messaoud also contributed towards the end of the 1989 events in Mauritania, protecting the right of the victims and the emancipation of the Haratine in Mauritania with his party.AHME (October 2003). Interview de Messaoud Ould Boulkheir a L’occasion des elections presidentielles 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2006 from Boulkheir is President of the People's Progressive Alliance, and he was the President of the National Assembly of Mauritania from April 2007 to January 2014. Family and childhood Family history Messaoud Ould Boulkheir was born around 1943; the date is unclear because at that time the birth registration service was unknown. Messaoud’s parents were slaves, but lived independently because they were not directly dependent on their masters. Like most Haratine at that time, hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition Of The Forces For Democratic Change
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Guide for Political Parties'' published by National Democratic Institute and The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, there are five steps of coalition-building: # Developing a party strategy: The first step in coalition-building involves developing a party strategy that will prepare for successful negotiation. The more effort parties place on this step, the more likely they are to identify strategic partners, negotiate a good deal and avoid some of the common mistakes associated with coalition-building. # Negotiating a coalition: Based on the strategy that each party has prepared, in step 2 the parties come together to negotiate and hopefully reach agreement on the terms for the coalition. Depending on the context and objectives of the coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Mauritanian Coup D'état
The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by the Armed Forces of Mauritania, led by a group of high-ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day. Background General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was one of the leading figures in the August 2005 coup that ended Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya's 21 years in power. Aziz backed Abdallahi's candidacy in the subsequent March 2007 presidential election, which Abdallahi won. Abdallahi soon angered General Aziz and his supporters, however, by reaching out to Islamic hardliners, by freeing several suspected terrorists, and by using state funds to build a mosque on the grounds of the presidential palace. In May 2008, Abdallahi appointed 12 ministers who had been part of President Taya's former government, some of whom had been accused of corruption. This, together with the inclusion of members of oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritanian Senate Election, 2007
Indirect senatorial elections were held in Mauritania on 21 January 2007, with a second round on 4 February 2007.Results from the IPU "Les deux tiers du Sénat mauritanien pourvus au premier tour, dimanche" African Press Agency, January 22, 2007 . There are 56 seats in the Senate. The senators were elected by 3,688 municipal councillors, , Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, December 24, 2006 . except for three (who represent the Mauritanian diaspora) who were chosen by the elected senators. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Mauritania
The Senate was the upper house of Parliament in Mauritania from April 1992 to 2017. The Senate had 56 members, 53 members elected indirectly for a six-year term by municipal councillors with one third renewed every two years and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad. The Senate was an attempt to guarantee a minimum level of representation to every part of Mauritania, irrespective of population. The Senate had especially budgetary, financial and oversight powers. In 2017, the Senate was abolished as a result of a constitutional referendum; the last election was held in 2007. See also * List of presidents of the Senate of Mauritania References External links * 1992 establishments in Mauritania 2017 disestablishments in Mauritania Defunct upper houses Government of Mauritania Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeine Ould Zeidane
Zeine Ould Zeidane ( ar, الزين ولد زيدان) (born 1966) Agence Mauritanienne d'Information, April 21, 2007 . is a n and . He placed third as a candidate in the March 2007 presidential election, and he subsequently served as Prime Minister from April 2007 to May 2008. Biography Born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritanian Party For Union And Change
The Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (''Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement'', HATEM) is a political party in Mauritania. The party won in the 19 November and 3 December 2006 elections 2 out of 95 seats and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007 Senate elections 3 out of 56 seats. In the 11 March and 25 March 2007 presidential elections, its candidate Saleh Ould Hanenna Saleh Ould Hanenna (born 1965 or 1966) is a former Mauritanian soldier and political figure. Ould Hanenna served in the Mauritanian Army and rose to the rank of Major before being dismissed in 2000. In June 2003, he led an attempted coup, aiming ... won 7.65%. Political parties in Mauritania {{Mauritania-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritanian Parliamentary Election, 2006
Parliamentary elections were held in Mauritania on 19 November, with a second round 3 December 2006. At least 28 political parties competed to comprise the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly; Islamist parties were banned, but many Islamists ran as independent candidates. 95 seats in the National Assembly were at stake in the election, along with over 200 local councils."Opposition leads Mauritania race" BBC News, November 23, 2006. About 600 independent candidates ran in the election, many of whom were grouped into the (RNI). Many members of the RNI were formerly members of the |
National Assembly Of Mauritania
The National Assembly ( ar, الجمعية الوطنية; french: Assemblée Nationale) is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 157 members, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide proportional lists. From 1961 until 1978, the only legal party in the country was the Mauritanian People's Party (french: Parti du Peuple Mauritanien, PPM). The legislature was disbanded after the 10 July 1978 coup. In 1992, a bicameral legislature was established, consisting the National Assembly and Senate of Mauritania. In the 1990s, a multiparty system was introduced in Mauritania. However, the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS) dominated the parliament until a coup in 2005. After the 2008 military coup, the Union for the Republic has been the dominating force of the National Assembly until it was rebranded as the Equity Party (El Insaf) in 2022. On October 9, 2018 Cheikh Ahmed Baye was elected P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Ould Daddah
Ahmed Ould Daddah ( ar, أحمد ولد داده, born 7 August 1942Marwane ben Yahmed"Les vérités d’Ahmed Ould Daddah", '' Jeuneafrique.com'', February 18, 2007 .) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician. He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and belongs to the Marabout Ouled Birri tribe. He is currently the President of the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and was designated as the official leader of the opposition following the 2007 presidential election, in which he placed second. Early life and education Daddah was born in Boutilimit, then part of French West Africa, on 7 August 1942. He is the younger brother to former Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah. He attended primary school in Boutilimit, and then received his secondary education at the Lycée Van Vollenhoven in Dakar. After graduating he travelled to Paris to attend university, studying economics at the Faculté de Droit et Sciences Economiques de Paris of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi ( ar, سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله; 193822 November 2020) was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s, and after a long period of absence from politics he won the March 2007 presidential election, taking office on 19 April 2007."Mauritania swears in new president" Al Jazeera, 19 April 2007. He was deposed in a military ''coup d'état'' on 6 August 2008. Early life and education Abdallahi was born in 1938 in the village of Lamden, near |
Haratin
Haratin (), also referred to as Haratine, Harratin (singular: Hartani), are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania (where they form a plurality), Morocco, Western Sahara, and Algeria. In Tunisia and Libya, they are referred to as Shwashin, Chouachin, Chouachine (singular: Shwashin, Chouchan). The Haratin are both culturally and ethnically distinct from modern sub-Saharan Africans and speak Maghrebi Arabic dialects as well as various Berber languages.they are Arabic speakinHaratin Encyclopædia Britannica (2014) They have traditionally been characterised as the descendants of former Sub-Saharan slaves and as one of the original inhabitants of the Sahara. They form the single largest defined ethnolinguistic group in Mauritania where they account for 40% of the population (~1.5 million). In parts of Arab-Berber Maghreb, they are sometimes referred to as a "socially distinct class of workers". The Harati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
