Heads of government of Mauritania
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List of Heads of Government of Mauritania

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

Autonomous
(République Islamique de Mauritanie
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

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21 May 1957 to 16 July 1958 Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.- Background :...

, Vice President of the Government Council
UPM
16 July 1958 to 28 November 1958 Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.- Background :...

, President of the Council of Government
28 November 1958 to 26 June 1959 Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.- Background :...

, President of the Provisional Government
UPM/PRM/PPM
26 June 1959 to 28 November 1960 Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.- Background :...

, Prime Minister
UPM/PRM/PPM
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

Independence from France
(République Islamique de Mauritanie
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

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28 November 1960 to 20 August 1961 Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah was the President of Mauritania from 1960, when his country gained its independence from France, to 1978, when he was deposed in a military coup d'etat.- Background :...

, Prime Minister
UPM/PRM/PPM
20 August 1961 to 6 April 1979 Post abolished
6 April 1979 to 27 May 1979 Ahmed Ould Bouceif
Ahmed Ould Bouceif
Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979, he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and other officers, ousting Col. Mustafa Ould Salek from power. He became prime minister in the new government...

, Prime Minister
Mil Killed in an airplane crash in Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

28 May 1979 to 31 May 1979 Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi, acting Prime Minister
31 May 1979 to 12 December 1980 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah was the head of state of Mauritania from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984...

, Prime Minister
Mil 1st Term
12 December 1980 to 25 April 1981 Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara
Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara
Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara was briefly the Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1980-81.He was first appointed by Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah of the Military Committee for National Salvation , on December 12, 1980, to replace Haidallah himself...

, Prime Minister
n-p
25 April 1981 to 8 March 1984 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya , was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1981 to 1984 and president from 1984 to 2005. He guided Mauritania from military rule to democracy, and took a pro-Western stance in foreign affairs...

, Prime Minister
Mil 1st Term
8 March 1984 to 12 December 1984 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah was the head of state of Mauritania from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984...

, Prime Minister
Mil 2nd Term; Deposed in the 1984 coup d'etat
12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya , was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1981 to 1984 and president from 1984 to 2005. He guided Mauritania from military rule to democracy, and took a pro-Western stance in foreign affairs...

, Prime Minister
Mil 2nd Term
18 April 1992 to 2 January 1996 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Having served twice as Prime Minister, from April 1992 to January 1996, and from August 2005 to March 2007, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar is a leading player in the political and economic changes which have taken place in Mauritania over the last twenty years...

, Prime Minister
PRDS 1st Term
2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna is a Mauritanian political figure. He was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 July 1998 to 16 November 1998, and Prime Minister again from 16 November 1998 to 6 July 2003 under President...

, Prime Minister
PRDS 1st Term
18 December 1997 to 16 November 1998 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1997 to 1998. A member of the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal, Guig was the Prime Minister between stints by Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna. At the time of his appointment, Guig was a 39 year old political...

, Prime Minister
PRDS
16 November 1998 to 6 July 2003 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna is a Mauritanian political figure. He was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 July 1998 to 16 November 1998, and Prime Minister again from 16 November 1998 to 6 July 2003 under President...

, Prime Minister
PRDS 2nd Term
6 July 2003 to 7 August 2005 Sghair Ould M'Bareck
Sghair Ould M'Bareck
Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Mauritanian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Mauritania from July 6, 2003, when he was appointed by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya following an attempted coup in the previous month, until August 7, 2005, when he resigned following a successful coup against...

, Prime Minister
PRDS Deposed in the 2005 coup d'etat
2005 Mauritanian coup d'état
The 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état took place on 3 August 2005. The long-serving dictator Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was ousted by the military of Mauritania and replaced by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy while Taya was in Saudi Arabia attending the funeral of King Fahd bin Abdul...

7 August 2005 to 20 April 2007 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Having served twice as Prime Minister, from April 1992 to January 1996, and from August 2005 to March 2007, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar is a leading player in the political and economic changes which have taken place in Mauritania over the last twenty years...

, Prime Minister
PRDS 2nd Term
20 April 2007 to 6 May 2008 Zeine Ould Zeidane
Zeine Ould Zeidane
Zeine Ould Zeidane is a Mauritanian economist and politician. He placed third as a candidate in the March 2007 presidential election, and he subsequently served as Prime Minister from April 2007 to May 2008....

, Prime Minister
n-p
6 May 2008 to 6 August 2008 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef is a Mauritanian politician. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Mauritania on May 6, 2008, serving until the August 2008 coup d'état. Waghef is also President of the National Pact for Democracy and Development , and he was Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency...

, Prime Minister
ADIL Deposed in the 2008 coup d'etat
2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
A coup d'état took place in Mauritania on 6 August 2008 when Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.-Background:...

6 August 2008 to 14 August 2008 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is a Mauritanian politician, currently serving as President of Mauritania...

, President of the High Council of State
High Council of State (Mauritania)
The High Council of State was the supreme political body of Mauritania. It served as the country's interim government following the coup d'etat which ousted the President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on August 6, 2008. It was led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. After seizing power it...

Mil
14 August 2008 to Present Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf has served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania since August 2008.Laghdaf was born in Néma. An engineer and a member of the Tajakant tribe, he became Mauritania's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in 2006 before being appointed as Prime Minister by junta...

, Prime Minister
n-p

Affiliations

PPM Partie des Personnes de Mauritanian
     (Mauritanian People's Party)   to 1961 PRM – authoritarian
PRDS Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social
     (Social and Democratic Republican Party)   authoritarian
PRM Parti Rassemblement Mauritian
     (Mauritanian Gathering Party)   1958–1961 PPM
UPM Union Progressive Mauritanian
     (Mauritanian Progressive Union)   from 1958 PRM
ADIL National Pact for Democracy and Development
Mil Military
n-p non-partisan
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See also

  • Mauritania
    Mauritania
    Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

    • Heads of State of Mauritania
      Heads of state of Mauritania
      -List of Heads of State of Mauritania:-Affiliations:-See also:*Mauritania**Heads of government of Mauritania**Colonial heads of Mauritania*Lists of office-holders-External links:*...

    • Colonial Heads of Mauritania
      Colonial heads of Mauritania
      -List of colonial heads of Mauritania:For continuation after independence, see: Heads of state of Mauritania-See also:*Mauritania**Heads of state of Mauritania...

  • Lists of office-holders

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