 Military Committee for National Salvation

The Military Committee for National Salvation (; , CMSN) was a military government of Mauritania that took power in 1979.It was installed by Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Ahmed Ould Bouceif and fellow officers, in an internal regime/military coup d'état on April 6, 1979, removing Colonel Mustapha Ould Salek of the Military Committee for National Recovery (CRMN) from effective power.