Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya; used for entity facts only. It recounts his birth at Atar in 1941, his premierships (1981–1984 and 1984–1992) and presidency (1984–2005), his Arab nationalist line and ties with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, his overthrow in 2005, his exile in Qatar and his teaching at a Qatari military academy. Its text says nothing about his religion; it files him under Mauritanian Sunni Muslims.