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In a landmark second-round vote held on March 25, 2007, he defeated opponent Ahmed Ould Daddah, winning approximately 53% of the vote.
After a bloodless coup in 2005 overthrew President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, the military council organized elections to restore civilian rule.
A career soldier who rose to the rank of General, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz first seized national and international attention in 2008 when he led a military coup that toppled the elected government of President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
As Chief of Staff of the Mauritanian Army, he played a central role in the bloodless coup d'état that overthrew President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Following the election, the newly elected president, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi , appointed Zeidane as Prime Minister of Mauritania in April 2007.