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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
محمد ولد عبد العزيز |
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Abdel-Aziz in 2014
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| 8th President of Mauritania | |
| Assumed office 5 August 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Moulaye Laghdaf Yahya Ould Hademine |
| Preceded by | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Acting) |
| 12th Chairperson of the African Union | |
| In office 30 January 2014 – 30 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mugabe |
| President of the High Council of State Acting President of Mauritania |
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| In office 6 August 2008 – 15 April 2009* Acting |
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| Prime Minister | Moulaye Laghdaf |
| Preceded by | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi |
| Succeeded by | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Acting) |
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| Born | 20 December 1956 Akjoujt, French West Africa |
| Nationality | Mauritanian |
| Political party | Union for the Republic |
| Spouse(s) | Mariam Mint Ahmed Dit Tekber |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Mauritania |
| Branch/service | Mauritanian Army |
| Years of service | 1977–2009 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (Arabic: محمد ولد عبد العزيز Muḥammad Wald ‘Abd al-‘Azīz; born 20 December 1956) is the President of Mauritania, in office since 2009.
Following the 2008 coup, Abdel Aziz became President of the High Council of State as part of what was described as a political transition leading to a new election. He resigned from that post in April 2009 in order to stand as a candidate in the July 2009 presidential election, which he won. He was sworn in on 5 August 2009.
Abdel Aziz also served as the Chairman of the African Union from 2014 to 2015.
On July 9, 2020, Mohamed Abdel Aziz was to respond to the convening of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry tasked with writing a "report". In the aftermath, the Mauritanian justice started to boil in a race against the clock for the construction of the High court of justice, only authorized to judge the president of the republic in the event of high treason.
