Career
He was first appointed by Colonel Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah of the Military Committee for National Salvation (CMSN), on December 12, 1980, to replace Haidallah himself. Ould Bneijara, who was not a military man, was to lead the return to civilian government.
On April 25, 1981, less than five months later, Ould Bneijara was again dismissed, after Colonel
Haidallah had decided to reinstate military rule. This came as a result of the March 18 attempt at a coup d"état by the Alliance for a Democratic Mauritania (AMD).
His successor, Colonel Maaouia Ould Taya, would in 1984 depose Colonel
Haidallah and himself rule the country until 2005.
