Mauritanian People's Party (PPM, French ''Parti du peuple mauritanien'';

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: حزب الشعب الموريتاني ''Hizb Al-Sha'ab Al-Muritaniy'') was the sole legal party 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 ...

from 1961 to 1978. It was headed by

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Moktar Ould Daddah Moktar Ould Daddah ( ar, مختار ولد داداه, Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led the country after it gained its independence from France. Daddah served as the country's ...

. Daddah founded the party shortly after Mauritania's independence from France in November 1960 by merging his

Mauritanian Regroupment Party Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM, French ''Parti de Regroupement Mauritanien''; Arabic: حزب التجمع الموريتاني ) was a political party in Mauritania from 1958 to 1961. Although nominally led by party President Sidi el-Mokhtar ...

with opposition parties including Association de la Jeunesse Mauritanienne,

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, the Union National Mauritanienne, and the

Union Socialiste des Musulmans Mauritaniens The Socialist Union of Mauritanian Muslims ( ar, اتحاد الاشتراكيين المسلمين الموريتانيين, french: Union socialiste des musulmans mauritaniens, abbreviated USMM) was a political party in Mauritania. The party was ...

. The parties were united at a meeting of their political leadership in December 1961, and Daddah proceeded to enact a range of repressive laws, banning alternative political parties and bestowing virtually unlimited power upon the Presidency. Following the July 1978 coup led by

Mustafa Ould Salek Col. Mustafa Ould Salek ( ar, المصطفى ولد محمد السالك; ‎ 1936 – 18 December 2012) was the President of Mauritania from 1978 through 1979. Biography Mustafa Ould Salek was appointed army commander by longtime Presid ...

, Mauritania's civilian leadership was replaced with military rule and the party was abolished and banned.Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh: ''Sozialstrukturen und politische Macht in Mauretanien.'' In: inamo 61, Frühjahr 2010, S. 4f

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

References

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