Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Janar Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, soja mai aiki da babban jami'i, ya kasance babban jigo a juyin mulkin Mauritania na 2005
wanda ya tsige Shugaba Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. A watan Agusta 2008 Janar Ould Abdel Aziz ya jagoranci juyin mulkin Mauritania na 2008 wanda ya hambarar da Shugaba Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Bayan juyin mulkin na baya, Abdel Aziz ya zama Shugaban Babban Majalisar Jiha a matsayin wani bangare na abin da aka bayyana a matsayin sauyin siyasa wanda zai haifar da sabon zabe. Ya yi murabus daga wannan mukamin a watan Afrilun 2009 don tsayawa takara a zaben shugaban kasa na watan Yulin 2009, wanda ya ci nasara. An rantsar da shi a ranar 5 ga Agusta 2009.