On January 9, 2007, Ould Hanenna, the president of the Mauritanian Union for Change (HATEM), was unanimously chosen by that party's executive committee as its candidate in the March 2007 presidential election.
On January 9, 2007, Ould Hanenna, who served as the president of the Mauritanian Union for Change (HATEM), was chosen unanimously by the party's leadership to run as their candidate in the March 2007 presidential election.