Ahmed Ould Daddah

Ahmed Ould Daddah
أحمد ولد داداه
Personal details
Born (1942-08-07) August 7, 1942 (age 82)
Boutilimit, Mauritania, French West Africa
NationalityMauritanian
Political partyRally of Democratic Forces (RFD)
RelationsMoktar Ould Daddah
(half-brother)
ResidenceNouakchott
Alma materUniversity of Paris
OccupationPolitician, Civil Servant
ProfessionEconomist

Ahmed Ould Daddah (Arabic: أحمد ولد داداه, born 7 August 1942[1]) 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. 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.[2]

  1. ^ Marwane ben Yahmed, "Les vérités d’Ahmed Ould Daddah" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Jeuneafrique.com, February 18, 2007 (in French).
  2. ^ "Elections en Mauritanie : Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi l'emporterait avec 53,5 % des voix". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2023-09-14.