Military Council for Justice and Democracy
The Military Council for Justice and Democracy ( Arabic المجلس العسكري للعدالة والديمقراطية, DMG al-maǧlis al-ʿaskarī li-l-ʿadāla wa-d-dīmuqrāṭīya , French Conseil militaire pour la justice et la démocratie ), a junta of 17 officers, was the highest state organ in Mauritania after the military coup on August 3, 2005 . The chairman of the council was Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall . In March 2007, the Military Council passed power to President-elect Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi .
Members
- Colonel Abderrahmane Ould Boubacar (arab.عبد الرحمن ولد بو بكر Abd ar-Rahmān walad Bū Bakr )
- Colonel Mohamed Abdel Aziz (arab.محمد عبد العزيز Muhammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz )
- Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed (arab.محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد Muhammad walad al-Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad )
- Colonel Ahmed Ould Bekrine (arab.أحمد ولد بكرين Ahmad walad Bakrīn )
- Colonel Sogho Alassane (arab.سوغو الحسن Sūghū al-Hasan )
- Colonel Ghoulam Ould Mohamed (arab.غلام ولد محمد Ghulām walad Muhammad )
- Colonel Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Alem (arab.سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ العالم Sīdī Muhammad walad al-Sheikh al-ʿĀlam )
- Colonel Negri Felix (arab.نغري فليكس Naghrī Filīks )
- Colonel Mohamed Ould Meguett (arab.محمد ولد مكت Muhammad walad Makkat )
- Colonel Mohamed Ould Mohamed Znagui (arab.محمد ولد محمد ازناكي Muhammad walad Muhammad Aznākī )
- Colonel Kane Hamedine (arab.كان حامدين Kān Hāmidīn )
- Colonel Mohamed Ould Abdi (arab.محمد ولد عبدي Muhammad walad ʿAbdī )
- Colonel Ahmed Ould Ameine (arab.أحمد ولد آمين Ahmad walad Āmīn )
- Colonel Taleb Moustapha Ould Cheikh (arab.الطالب مصطفى ولد الشيخ at-Tālib Mustafā walad al-Sheikh )
- Colonel Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Lemine (arab.محمد الشيخ ولد محمد الأمين Muhammad al-Sheikh walad Muhammad al-Amin )
- Sea captain Isselkou Ould Cheikh El Wely (arab.إسلك ولد الشيخ الولي Isalku walad al-Sheikh al-Walī )