Ahmed Ould Bouceif

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Ahmed Ould Bouceif ( Arabic أحمد ولد بوسيف, DMG Aḥmad walad Būsaif , * 1934 ; † May 27, 1979 ) was a Mauritanian politician and lieutenant colonel . In April 1979, he and Colonel Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla came to power in a coup against Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek . In the new government he was Prime Minister . The following month he was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Dakar .