- Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara
Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (born 1947) was briefly the Prime Minister of
Mauritania in 1980-81.He was first appointed by
Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah of theMilitary Committee for National Salvation (CMSN), onDecember 12 ,1980 , to replace Haidallah himself. Ould Bneijara, who was not a military man, was to lead the return to civilian government.On
April 25 ,1981 , less than five months later, Ould Bneijara was again dismissed, after Col. Haidallah had decided to reinstate military rule. This came as a result of the March 18 attempt at acoup d'état by theAlliance for a Democratic Mauritania (AMD). [http://countrystudies.us/mauritania/22.htm] His successor, Col.Maaouia Ould Taya , would in 1984 depose Col. Haidallah and himself rule the country until 2005.
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