President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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Residence | Presidential Palace |
Seat | Nouakchott |
Term length | Five years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Mauritania (1991) |
Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
Formation | 20 August 1961 |
Salary | 300,000 USD annually [1] [2] |
Website | presidence |
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This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of nine people have served as head of state of Mauritania (not counting one acting president). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current head of state of Mauritania is President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019. [3] [4]
As of 2024, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mauritania. The first president who adhered to the term limits was Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2019. [5]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | ![]() | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) | 1961 1966 1971 1976 | 28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (Deposed in a coup) | 17 years, 224 days | PRM / PPM | Himself | |
2 | ![]() | Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012) | — | 10 July 1978 | 3 June 1979 (Resigned) [a] | 328 days | Military | Bouceif Sidi Haidalla | |
3 | ![]() | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–2019) | — | 3 June 1979 | 4 January 1980 (Deposed in a coup) | 215 days | Military | Haidalla | |
4 | ![]() | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) | — | 4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (Deposed in a coup) | 4 years, 343 days | Military | Himself Bneijara Taya Himself | |
5 | ![]() | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) | 1992 1997 2003 | 12 December 1984 | 3 August 2005 (Deposed in a coup) | 20 years, 234 days | Military / PRDS | Himself Boubacar Khouna Guig Khouna M'Bareck | |
6 | ![]() | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017) | — | 3 August 2005 | 19 April 2007 | 1 year, 259 days | Military (Sûreté Nationale) | Boubacar | |
7 | ![]() | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020) | 2007 | 19 April 2007 | 6 August 2008 (Deposed in a coup) | 1 year, 109 days | Independent | Zeidane Waghef | |
ADIL [b] | |||||||||
8 | ![]() | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) | — | 6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | Military (BASEP) | Laghdaf | |
– | ![]() | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013) [c] | — | 15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | Independent | Laghdaf | |
UPR [d] | |||||||||
(8) | ![]() | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) | 2009 2014 | 5 August 2009 | 1 August 2019 | 9 years, 361 days | UPR | Laghdaf Hademine Béchir | |
9 | ![]() | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956) | 2019 2024 | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 349 days | UPR | Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay | |
El Insaf [e] |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani | El Insaf | 554,956 | 56.12 | |
Biram Dah Abeid | Democratic Alternation Pole | 218,546 | 22.10 | |
Hamadi Sid’El Moctar Mohamed Abdi | National Rally for Reform and Development | 126,340 | 12.78 | |
El Id Mohameden M’Bareck | Republican Front for Unity and Democracy | 35,288 | 3.57 | |
Mamadou Bocar Ba | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 23,617 | 2.39 | |
Outouma Antoine Souleimane Soumaré | Independent | 20,360 | 2.06 | |
Mohamed Lemine El Mourteji El Wavi | Independent | 9,722 | 0.98 | |
Total | 988,829 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 988,829 | 92.05 | ||
Invalid votes | 53,787 | 5.01 | ||
Blank votes | 31,608 | 2.94 | ||
Total votes | 1,074,224 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,939,344 | 55.39 | ||
Source: National Independent Election Commission [9] |