President Moktar Ould Daddah 1924 - 2003

May 24, 1962 - Paris, France - MOKTAR OULD DADDAH was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat. PICTURED: The wife of Moktar Ould Daddah, the President of Mauritania, visits a children's day care center in Chatenay-Malabry. (Credit Image: © KEYSTONE Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)