Ahmed Ould Bouceif

Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934 – 27 May 1979) was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other officers, ousting Col. Mustafa Ould Salek from power. He became prime minister in the new government. He was killed the following month in an airplane crash off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, at which point Haidallah emerged as the regime's main strongman.[1]

Political offices
Preceded by Post vacant	Prime Minister of Mauritania 1979	Succeeded by Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi

Prime Ministers of Mauritania

Colonial	Daddah

Independent	Daddah · office abolished, 1961 – 1979 · Bouceif† · Sidi* · Haidalla† · Bneijara · Taya† · Haidalla† • Taya† • Boubacar • Khouna · Guig · Khouna · M'Bareck · Boubacar · Zeidane · Waghef · Laghdaf

acting † military

Persondata
Name	Bouceif, Ahmed Ould
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Date of birth	1934
Place of birth
Date of death	27 May 1979
Place of death