Ahmed Ould Daddah (Arabic: أحمد ولد داداه, born 7 August 1942[1]) is a Mauritanian economist and a politician.

They were held at Boumdeid under poor conditions until 17 January 1999, when they were released; they were subsequently acquitted of inciting intolerance and acts likely to breach public order in March 1999.

[10] In April 2000, Daddah was arrested and held for five days after calling for a mass meeting in the Capital regarding the alleged weakness of the rule of law and the lack of investigation into the violence of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[12] In October 2000, the UFD-EN was dissolved by the Mauritanian Government for allegedly inciting violence and harming the country's interests and peace.

[14] On 3 November 2004, Daddah was again arrested along with Haidalla and Cheikh Ould Horma; they were accused of involvement in coup plots[15] and were put on trial.

[16][17] Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a coup on August 3, 2005,[18] and a transitional military regime held new elections in late 2006 and early 2007.

Daddah declared the RFD to be "the country's biggest political force" after the first round of the 2006 Mauritanian parliamentary election, held on 19 November.

Speaking to Al Jazeera on 12 August, Daddah described the bloodless coup as "a movement to rectify the democratic process" and alleged that the 2007 presidential election was "marked by fraud".

He expressed concern that continued military rule would negatively affect Mauritania's relations with the rest of the world, potentially including economic sanctions.