2012
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ( ar, محمد ولد عبد العزيز ''Muḥammad Wald 'Abd al-'Azīz''; born 20 December 1956) is a former Mauritanian politician who was the 8th President of Mauritania, in office from 2009 to 2019. A career sold ...
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Prime Minister
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Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf ( ar, مولاي ولد محمد لغظف) (born 1957) served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 2008 until August 2014.Abdullah Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, has been arrested at the airport in
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April
* April 3 - Thousands of people attend demonstrations in Mauritania calling for the resignation of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz.
September
* September 5 - Mauritania extradites former
Libya
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n intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi, who was arrested in the capital Nouakchott in March after fleeing Libya during the civil war in 2011. The United States insist on a fair trial for the suspect, a "milestone in ibya'sdemocratic transition".
October
* October 13 - President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is shot.
* October 14 - Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, shot by troops yesterday, is flown to
France
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November
* November 25 - President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz returns to Mauritania after being in France for five weeks recovering after being shot by a soldier on 13 October.