The High Council of State ( ar, المجلس الأعلى للدولة; french: Haut Conseil d’État) was the supreme political body of

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

. It served as the country's interim

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

following the

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

which ousted the

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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 ...

on August 6, 2008. It was led by

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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 List of heads of state of Mauritania, President of Mauritania, in of ...

. After seizing power it quickly pledged to hold elections "in the shortest possible period". A few days after seizing power, Abdel Aziz named Mauritanian Ambassador to

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and the

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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.Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

."Mauritanian coup leaders name PM"
Al Jazeera, August 14, 2008. On April 15, 2009 Ould Abdel Aziz resigned as President of the High Council of State in order to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election. President of the Senate,

Ba Mamadou Mbaré Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré (1946 – 10 January 2013) was a Mauritanian politician who served as President of the Senate of Mauritania from 2006 until his death. As President of the Senate, he succeeded Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as Head of State on 15 Ap ...

, succeeded him as head of state in an interim capacity, becoming the first black leader of Mauritania. The election took place on July 18, 2009 and Abdel Aziz was elected President with 52.58% of the votes.Hademine Ould Sadi
"Junta leader declared Mauritania president"
AFP, 19 July 2009.
, AMI, 19 July 2009 . He was sworn in on August 5, 2009."Mauritarian coup leader sworn in as president"
AFP, 5 August 2009.

Members

* Gen.

, Chairman * Gen.

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani ( ar, محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired Mauritanian A ...

* Gen. Felix Negré * Col.

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* Col. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould El Hadi * Col.

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* Col.

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* Col.

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* Col.

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* Col. Hanena Ould Sidi * Col. Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:High Council Of State (Mauritania) History of Mauritania Politics of Mauritania Government of Mauritania

Members

See also

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