List of prime ministers of Mauritania
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This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day.
A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritania (not counting one acting prime minister). Additionally, four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current prime minister of Mauritania is Mokhtar Ould Djay, since 2 August 2024.[1]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
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Union for the Republic (UPR)
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- Other factions
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- Status
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Acting Prime Minister
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | File:Moktar Ould Daddah.jpg | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 November 1960 | 20 August 1961 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRM | Himself |
| Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) | ||||||||
| 2 | File:No image.png | Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 April 1979Template:Efn | 27 May 1979 (Died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | Salek |
| – | File:No image.png | Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 May 1979 | 31 May 1979 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | |
| 3 | File:Mohamed Khouna 1983 (profile).jpg | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
31 May 1979 | 12 December 1980 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | |
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| 4 | File:No image.png | Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 December 1980 | 25 April 1981Template:Efn | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Haidalla |
| 5 | File:Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (2005).jpg | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 April 1981 | 8 March 1984 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | |
| (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:Mohamed Khouna 1983 (profile).jpg | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 March 1984 | 12 December 1984 (Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | Himself |
| (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (2005).jpg | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 December 1984 | 18 April 1992 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Military | Himself |
| 6 | File:Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubakar cropped.jpg | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 April 1992 | 2 January 1996 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRDS | Taya |
| 7 | File:No image.png | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 January 1996 | 18 December 1997 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRDS | |
| 8 | File:No image.png | Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 December 1997 | 16 November 1998 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRDS | |
| (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:No image.png | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 November 1998 | 6 July 2003Template:Efn | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRDS | |
| 9 | File:No image.png | Sghair Ould M'Bareck (born 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 July 2003 | 7 August 2005 (Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubakar cropped.jpg | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 August 2005 | 20 April 2007 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | PRDS | Vall |
| 10 | File:No image.png | Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 April 2007 | 6 May 2008 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Abdallahi |
| 11 | File:Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef mauritanie.jpg | Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (born 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 May 2008 | 6 August 2008 (Deposed in a coup)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | ADIL | |
| Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008) | ||||||||
| 12 | File:No image.png | Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 August 2008 | 20 August 2014 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Abdel Aziz |
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| 13 | File:No image.png | Yahya Ould Hademine (born 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 August 2014 | 29 October 2018 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | UPR | Abdel Aziz |
| 14 | File:No image.png | Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (born 1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 October 2018 | 5 August 2019 | Template:Ayd | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | UPR | |
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| 15 | File:Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (cropped).jpg | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 August 2019 | 6 August 2020 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | UPR | |
| 16 | File:محمد ولد بلال (2022) (cropped).jpg | Mohamed Ould Bilal (born 1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 August 2020 | 2 August 2024 | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | UPR | |
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| 17 | File:المختار ولد أجاي 2025 (2).jpg | Mokhtar Ould Djay (born 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 August 2024 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | El Insaf | |
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Timeline
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See also
- Politics of Mauritania
- List of heads of state of Mauritania
- List of colonial governors of Mauritania
Notes
References
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