Former Mauritanian President, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, died on Friday of heart attack, the presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Mauritania announced a three-day mourning period.<\/p>\n
Born in 1953 in Nouakchott, Vall was the President of Mauritania from 2005 to 2007.<\/p>\n
In August 2005, a coup forced President Maaouya Ould Taya out of power and Vall became the leader of the ruling Military Council for Justice and Democracy.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Vall and the council introduced constitutional reforms and staged parliamentary and local elections which appeared free of fraud.<\/p>\n
Until the coup, Vall was a close confidante of the toppled president and was made head of the security forces in 1987.<\/p>\n
He was instrumental to the success of the 1984 military coup that brought Taya to power.<\/p>\n
He contested for office again in 2009 and lost to current President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, to join opposition forces.<\/p>\n
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