Saleh Ould Hanenna (born 1965 or 1966) is a former Mauritanian soldier and political figure. Mauritania (موريتانيا Mūrītāniyā officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces.
Hanenna served in the Mauritanian Army and rose to the rank of Major before being forced out in 2000. Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country In June 2003, he led an attempted coup, aiming to overthrow President Maaouya Ould Taya. June 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Heads of state (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office Affiliations See also Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (معاوية ولد سيد أحمد الطايع (born 1941) also transliterated as Mu'awiya walad Sayyidi Ahmad Taya, was He commanded a rebel section of the Army during two days of heavy fighting in Nouakchott. Nouakchott ( Arabic: or translation from [[Berber languages|Berber] "The place of the winds"] Nawākšūṭ is the Capital and by far the largest With the failure of the coup Hanenna initially escaped capture, and formed a group called the Knights of Change with Mohamed Ould Cheikhna, but he was arrested on October 9, 2004. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [1]
The Government of Mauritania accused Hanenna of attempting to organise coups on two further occasions, in August and September 2004, with the alleged backing of Libya and Burkina Faso. The first fully democratic Presidential election since 1960 occurred on 11 March 2007 Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa [1] A death sentence was recommended at his subsequent trial, but he was instead given life imprisonment at the conclusion of the trial on February 3, 2005. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]
In August 2005, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall led a successful coup in the country. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (إعلي ولد محمد فال born 1953 in Nouakchott) was the military leader of Mauritania from a The Military Council for Justice and Democracy which subsequently took charge of the government released Hanenna in an amnesty in early September. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy ( Arabic: المجلس العسكري للعدالة والديمقراطية French: Le Conseil militaire pour Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to [3]
On January 9, 2007, Hanenna, the president of the Mauritanian Union for Change (HATEM), was unanimously chosen by that party's executive committee as its candidate in the March 2007 presidential election. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Mauritanian Party of Union and Change ( Parti mauritanien de l'union et du changement, HATEM is a Political party in Mauritania. A Mauritanian presidential election occurred on 11 March 2007. [4] He took sixth position in the poll, with 7. 65% of the votes cast,[5] and subsequently backed Ahmed Ould Daddah for the second round. Ahmed Ould Daddah (أحمد ولد داده born 7 August 1942) is a Mauritanian economist politician and civil servant [6]