2005 Mauritanian coup d'état

2005 Mauritanian coup d'état
	A CIA WFB map of Mauritania
Date	3 August 2005
Location	Nouakchott, Mauritania
Type	Military coup
Motive	Regime change
Target	Presidential Palace, Nouakchott
Organised by	Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Participants	Faction within the Armed Forces
Outcome	Coup succeeds Overthrow of the government of President Taya.; The establishment of military rule under the CMJD headed by Colonel Vall.; Taya goes into exile.; Election of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi as President in 2007.;

A military coup took place in Mauritania on 3 August 2005. President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was ousted by the Armed Forces of Mauritania and replaced by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD), headed by Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, while Taya was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

A constitutional referendum, parliamentary and presidential elections were scheduled and the coup leaders vowed not to contest any of the elections. The military government ended with the presidential election on 11 March 2007 as promised.