Military Committee for National Recovery

The Military Committee for National Recovery (Arabic: المجلس العسكري للإنعاش الوطني; French: Comité Militaire de Redressement National, CMRN) was a short-lived military Government of Mauritania after the coup d'état that removed long-time President Moktar Ould Daddah on July 10, 1978, until a second coup on April 6, 1979.^[1]^[2]

It was headed by Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek.^[3] It was followed by a second junta, the Military Committee for National Salvation (CMSN).^[4]

References

^ Times, Jonathan Kandell;Special to The New York (1978-07-11). "Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Koven, Ronald (1978-07-11). "Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
^ Robert E. Handloff. "Mauritania: Government". Mauritania: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988. Retrieved 22 May 2020. Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara War and the resulting ruin of the Mauritanian economy led to a military coup in July 1978. Daddah was detained and later exiled, and his government was replaced by the eighteen-member Military Committee for National Recovery (Comité Militaire de Redressement National—CMRN) with Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Salek as president.
^ "L'histoire politique de la Mauritanie". Africpost. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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[1] Times, Jonathan Kandell;Special to The New York (1978-07-11). "Military Takes Over in Mauritania With a Reportedly Bloodless Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Koven, Ronald (1978-07-11). "Mauritanian President Overthrown in Military Coup". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-09-28.

[3] Robert E. Handloff. "Mauritania: Government". Mauritania: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988. Retrieved 22 May 2020. Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara War and the resulting ruin of the Mauritanian economy led to a military coup in July 1978. Daddah was detained and later exiled, and his government was replaced by the eighteen-member Military Committee for National Recovery (Comité Militaire de Redressement National—CMRN) with Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Salek as president.

[4] "L'histoire politique de la Mauritanie". Africpost. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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