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The 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Mauritania which took place on 10 July 1978.^[1][2] The coup, led by the Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek, who commanded a group of junior officers, overthrew President Moktar Ould Daddah, who ruled the country since independence from France in 1960. The main motive for the coup was Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara War (from 1975 onwards) and the resulting ruin of the economy of Mauritania.^[3] Following the coup, Salek had assumed the presidency of a newly-formed military junta, the 20-member Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN).^[1][4]

Reports from the capital Nouakchott said no shooting had been heard in the city, and no casualties had been announced.^[1]

After a period of imprisonment, Ould Daddah was allowed to go into exile in France in August 1979, and was allowed to return to Mauritania on 17 July 2001.^[5]

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup. In: The New York Times. 11. Juli 1978, abgerufen am 24. April 2020. 
2. ↑ MAURITANIA REGIME HELD PRO‐WESTERN. In: The New York Times. 12. Juli 1978, abgerufen am 24. April 2020. 
3. ↑ Robert E. Handloff: Mauritania: Government. Mauritania: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988., abgerufen am 22. Mai 2020. 
4. ↑ موقع" موريتانيد". Archiviert vom Original am 20. Dezember 2012; abgerufen am 19. Dezember 2012. 
5. ↑ Ousted Mauritanian president returns home. BBC, 18. Juli 2001, abgerufen am 22. Mai 2020.