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Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (; born c. 1950 in Nouakchott ) is the military leader of Mauritania . He was named President Of Mauritania on 3 August 2005 by the Military Council For Justice And Democracy , a group of officers who had overthrown President Maaouya Ould Taya (in power for 21 years) in a popular bloodless Coup . Ely Ould Mohamed Vall had previously been director of the national police force, the '' Sûreté Nationale '', since 1987 , and had been regarded as an ally of President Ould Taya.

The African Union , the European Union , the United Nations , South Africa and the United States , among others, first denounced the new régime as illegitimate. However, Vall promised new elections, and the coup was quickly normalized.