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Messaoud Ould Boulkheir (Arabic: مسعود ولد بو الخير,born 1943, Fara El Kitane Arabic: فرع الكتان) is among the first Haratine to become a political leader in Mauritania. Messaoud also contributed significantly to the end of the 1989 events in Mauritania, protecting the right of the victims and the emancipation of the Haratine in Mauritania with his party. Presently, Boulkheir is President of the People's Progressive Alliance, and he has been President of the National Assembly of Mauritania since April 2007. (Read more...)