Mauritanian Union For Change

The Mauritanian Party of Union and Change (''Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement'', HATEM) is a

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

. The party won in the 19 November and 3 December 2006

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2 out of 95 seats and in the 21 January and 4 February 2007

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3 out of 56 seats. In the 11 March and 25 March 2007

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, 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 2003 Mauritanian coup d'� ...

won 7.65%. Political parties in Mauritania {{Mauritania-party-stub