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List of prime ministers of Mauritania

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Prime Minister of the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
الوزير الأول للجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية
Premier Ministre de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie
Seal of Mauritania
since 2 August 2024
AppointerMohamed Ould Ghazouani,
as President of Mauritania
Term lengthNone
Inaugural holderMoktar Ould Daddah
Formation28 November 1960
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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

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Political parties
  Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM)
  Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS)
  National Pact for Democracy and Development (ADIL)
  Union for the Republic (UPR)
  El Insaf
Other factions
  Military
  Independent
Status
  Acting Prime Minister
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party Head(s) of state
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Moktar Ould Daddah
(1924–2003) 		28 November 1960 20 August 1961 265 days PRM Himself
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
2 Ahmed Ould Bouceif
(1934–1979) 		6 April 1979[a] 27 May 1979
(died in office)[b] 		51 days Military Salek
– Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi
(1939–1981) 		28 May 1979 31 May 1979 3 days Military
3 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(born 1940) 		31 May 1979 12 December 1980 1 year, 195 days Military
Louly
Himself
4 Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara
(1947–2017) 		12 December 1980 25 April 1981[c] 134 days Independent Haidalla
5 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(born 1941) 		25 April 1981 8 March 1984 2 years, 318 days Military
(3) Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(born 1940) 		8 March 1984 12 December 1984
(deposed) 		279 days Military Himself
(5) Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(born 1941) 		12 December 1984 18 April 1992 7 years, 128 days Military Himself
6 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(born 1957) 		18 April 1992 2 January 1996 3 years, 259 days PRDS Taya
7 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(born 1956) 		2 January 1996 18 December 1997 1 year, 350 days PRDS
8 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
(born 1959) 		18 December 1997 16 November 1998 333 days PRDS
(7) Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(born 1956) 		16 November 1998 6 July 2003[d] 4 years, 232 days PRDS
9 Sghair Ould M'Bareck
(born 1954) 		6 July 2003 7 August 2005
(deposed) 		2 years, 32 days PRDS
(6) Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(born 1957) 		7 August 2005 20 April 2007 1 year, 256 days PRDS Vall
10 Zeine Ould Zeidane
(born 1966) 		20 April 2007 6 May 2008 1 year, 16 days Independent Abdallahi
11 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
(born 1960) 		6 May 2008 6 August 2008
(deposed) 		92 days ADIL
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
12 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
(born 1957) 		14 August 2008 20 August 2014 6 years, 6 days Independent Abdel Aziz
Mbaré
13 Yahya Ould Hademine
(born 1953) 		20 August 2014 29 October 2018 4 years, 70 days Independent Abdel Aziz
14 Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
(born 1962) 		29 October 2018 5 August 2019 280 days UPR
Ghazouani
15 Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
(born 1961) 		5 August 2019 6 August 2020 1 year, 1 day UPR
16 Mohamed Ould Bilal
(born 1963) 		6 August 2020 2 August 2024 3 years, 362 days UPR
El Insaf[e]
17 Mokhtar Ould Djay
(born 1973) 		2 August 2024 Incumbent 94 days El Insaf

Timeline

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Mokhtar Ould DjayMohamed Ould BilalIsmail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh SidiyaMohamed Salem Ould BéchirYahya Ould HademineMoulaye Ould Mohamed LaghdafYahya Ould Ahmed El WaghefZeine Ould ZeidaneSghair Ould M'BareckMohamed Lemine Ould GuigCheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed KhounaSidi Mohamed Ould BoubacarMaaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed TayaSid Ahmed Ould BneijaraMohamed Khouna Ould HaidallaAhmed Salim Ould SidiAhmed Ould BouceifMoktar Ould Daddah

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Appointed in the aftermath of the 1979 coup d'état.
  2. ^ Killed in an airplane crash in Senegal.[2]
  3. ^ Dismissed in the aftermath of the 1981 coup d'état attempt.
  4. ^ Dismissed and arrested in the aftermath of the 2003 coup d'état attempt.
  5. ^ Founded in 2022.

References

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  1. ^ Presse (MAP), Agence Maghreb Arabe (3 August 2024). "Mauritanie: Mokhtar Ould Diay nommé Premier ministre". LeSiteinfo.com (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "The Death of Mauritania's Prime Minister Last Week Added Uncertainty". The New York Times. 3 June 1979. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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