Vorlage:Politics of Mauritania The 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Mauritania which took place on 10 July 1978.^[1][2] The coup, staged by a group of junior officers led by the Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek, overthrew President Moktar Ould Daddah, who ruled the country since independence from France in 1960. Salek had assumed the presidency of a newly-formed junta, the 20-member Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN).^[1][3]

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.^[4]

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup. The New York Times, 11. Juli 1978, abgerufen am 24. April 2020. 
2. ↑ MAURITANIA REGIME HELD PRO‐WESTERN. The New York Times, 12. Juli 1978, abgerufen am 24. April 2020. 
3. ↑ Archived copy. Archiviert vom Original am 20. Dezember 2012; abgerufen am 19. Dezember 2012. 
4. ↑ "Ousted Mauritanian president due home from 23 years in exile". Agence France Presse, 17 July 2001.