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Ahmed Ould Daddah was born on 7 August, 1942 in Boutilimit, Mauritania, French West Africa, is a Mauritanian economist and politician. Discover Ahmed Ould Daddah's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation Politician, Civil Servant
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August, 1942
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace Boutilimit, Mauritania, French West Africa
Nationality Mauritania

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1942

Ahmed Ould Daddah (أحمد ولد داداه, born 7 August 1942 ) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician.

He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and belongs to the Marabout Ouled Birri tribe.

Ould Daddah was born in Boutilimit, then part of French West Africa, on 7 August 1942.

He is the younger brother to former Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah.

He attended primary school in Boutilimit, and then received his secondary education at the Lycée Van Vollenhoven in Dakar.

1960

After graduating he travelled to Paris to attend university, studying economics at the Faculté de Droit et Sciences Economiques de Paris of the University of Paris, and graduating in the mid-1960s.

1967

After graduating from university Daddah returned to Mauritania and worked as an economic and financial Adviser to his brother, President Moktar Ould Daddah, from 1967 to 1968.

1968

He then served as Executive-Secretary to the Organisation des Etats Riverains du Sénégal from August 1968 through March 1971, and during his tenure laid much of the groundwork for what later became the Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS).

1971

Daddah began his career in 1971 as the Director-General of the National Import-Export Company of Mauritania (Sonimex).

1973

In 1973, he began a stint as the Governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania, ending in May 1978.

1978

He then served briefly in the Government as Minister of Finance and Commerce in 1978, until his brother was ousted in a military coup on 10 July 1978.

1986

Later, he was an economist for the World Bank from 1986 to 1991, advising the Government of the Central African Republic.

1991

Returning to Mauritania in 1991, he ran for president against Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya in January 1992 and took second place with 32.73% of the vote, behind Ould Taya.

1992

Also in 1992, he became Secretary-General of the Union of Democratic Forces-New Era (UFD-EN), an opposition party.

1995

Ould Daddah was arrested in January 1995, along with another opposition leader, Hamdi Ould Mouknass of the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) and a number of other activists, following the outbreak of riots regarding the price of bread.

Their parties were accused of instigating the violence, but they denied this, saying that it happened spontaneously and that they were opposed to the rioting.

Although placed under house arrest, they were not charged and in early February 1995 they were released.

1997

In February 1997, the UFD-EN formed the Front of Opposition Parties (FPO) with four other parties.

The FPO boycotted the December 1997 presidential election, which was easily won by Ould Taya.

1998

On 16 December 1998, Daddah was arrested in the capital, Nouakchott, along with two other people associated with the UFD-EN, Mohameden Ould Babah and Mohameden Ould Ichiddou.

This followed a meeting of the FPO, of which Daddah was president.

1999

They were held at Boumdeid under poor conditions until 17 January 1999, when they were released; they were subsequently acquitted of inciting intolerance and acts likely to breach public order in March 1999.

2000

In April 2000, Daddah was arrested and held for five days after calling for a mass meeting in the Capital regarding the alleged weakness of the rule of law and the lack of investigation into the violence of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He was again held for three days in December 2000, but was not charged and released.

In October 2000, the UFD-EN was dissolved by the Mauritanian Government for allegedly inciting violence and harming the country's interests and peace.

2002

In its place a new opposition party was set up, the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD), and Daddah was elected its President in January 2002.

2003

Daddah ran again in the presidential election of 7 November 2003 and took third place with 6.89%, behind Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla.

On 8 November, together with Ould Haidalla and another opposition candidate, Messoud Ould Boulkheir, he alleged "fraud" and urged the people to reject the results.

2004

On 3 November 2004, Daddah was again arrested along with Haidalla and Cheikh Ould Horma; they were accused of involvement in coup plots and were put on trial.

2005

The prosecutor sought a five-year prison sentence for Daddah, but at the end of the trial, in which there were 195 defendants, he was acquitted on 3 February 2005.

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a coup on August 3, 2005, and a transitional military regime held new elections in late 2006 and early 2007.

2006

Daddah declared the RFD to be "the country's biggest political force" after the first round of the 2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election, held on 19 November.

The RFD participated in this election as part of an eight-party opposition alliance.

2007

He is currently the President of the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) and was designated as the official Leader of the opposition following the 2007 presidential election, in which he placed second.

In Kiffa on January 12, 2007, Daddah announced his candidacy in the March 2007 presidential election.

In the first round, held on 11 March, he won 20.69% of the vote, in second place behind Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who won 24.80%.

In the second round of the election, held on 25 March, Daddah was defeated by Abdallahi, taking 47.15% of the vote against Abdallahi's 52.85%.

Daddah won in three of the country's 13 regions: in Nouakchott, in Inchiri Region, and in Trarza Region, where he is from.

Daddah accepted the results and congratulated Abdallahi on his victory.

On 30 May 2007, Ould Daddah was designated as the official Leader of the opposition by the Constitutional Court.