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Boumdeid

بومديد

Town in Mauritania.

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West Africa & Sahel
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Birthplace of
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz· Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

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islam.museum contributors. “Boumdeid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/boumdeid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mauritanian military officer and politician (born 1956) from Akjoujt, a leading figure in the 2005 coup that ousted President Taya and the leader of the 2008 coup, who headed the High Council of State (2008–2009) and then served as President of Mauritania from 5 August 2009 to 1 August 2019 — ending in the country's first peaceful transfer of power — and chaired the African Union in 2014–2015; after leaving office he was charged with corruption, convicted in December 2023, and sentenced on appeal in May 2025 to fifteen years in prison.