Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
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Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi 🇲🇷

سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله (Known as "Sidioca")
First Democratically Elected President of Mauritania (2007–2008), Economist
Born 1938 🇲🇷 Aleg, Mauritania
Passed Away Nov 22, 2020 Nouakchott, Mauritania
Lifespan 82 years old
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First democratically elected civilian President of Mauritania (2007–2008), an economist and statesman who initiated the historic repatriation of Afro-Mauritanian refugees and criminalized slavery.

Biographical Record

Educated in mathematics in Dakar and economics in Paris, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi served as Minister of Planning and director of international development funds in Kuwait before winning Mauritania's first fully democratic, transparent presidential election in March 2007.

During his presidency, he courageously confronted historical national wounds, orchestrating the return of 25,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees from Senegal, criminalizing slavery under strict penal law, and promoting reconciliation before being deposed in an August 2008 military coup, remaining a symbol of democratic integrity.

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Lemden Ancestral Cemetery
Aleg, Mauritania
GPS: 17.0500, -13.9167
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