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 (2018).svg
Moctar Ould Diay, Ouagadougou, 4 Feb 2019 (cropped).jpg
since 2 August 2024
Appointer Mohamed Ould Ghazouani,
as President of Mauritania
Term length None
Inaugural holder Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation28 November 1960
Website primature.gov.mr

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.

Contents

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
   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.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party Head(s) of state
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Moktar Ould Daddah.jpg Moktar Ould Daddah
(1924–2003)
28 November 196020 August 1961265 days PRM Himself
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
2 No image.png Ahmed Ould Bouceif
(1934–1979)
6 April 1979 [lower-alpha 1] 27 May 1979
(died in office) [lower-alpha 2]
51 days Military Salek
No image.png Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi
(1939–1981)
28 May 197931 May 19793 days Military
3 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1983.jpg Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(born 1940)
31 May 197912 December 19801 year, 195 days Military
Louly
Himself
4 No image.png Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara
(1947–2017)
12 December 198025 April 1981 [lower-alpha 3] 134 days Independent Haidalla
5 Mauritania gov ould taya 210 eng 30apr05.jpg Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(born 1941)
25 April 19818 March 19842 years, 318 days Military
(3) Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1983.jpg Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(born 1940)
8 March 198412 December 1984
( deposed )
279 days Military Himself
(5) Mauritania gov ould taya 210 eng 30apr05.jpg Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(born 1941)
12 December 198418 April 19927 years, 128 days Military Himself
6 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubakar.jpg Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(born 1957)
18 April 19922 January 19963 years, 259 days PRDS Taya
7 No image.png Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(born 1956)
2 January 199618 December 19971 year, 350 days PRDS
8 No image.png Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
(born 1959)
18 December 199716 November 1998333 days PRDS
(7) No image.png Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(born 1956)
16 November 19986 July 2003 [lower-alpha 4] 4 years, 232 days PRDS
9 No image.png Sghair Ould M'Bareck
(born 1954)
6 July 20037 August 2005
( deposed )
2 years, 32 days PRDS
(6) Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubakar.jpg Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(born 1957)
7 August 200520 April 20071 year, 256 days PRDS Vall
10 No image.png Zeine Ould Zeidane
(born 1966)
20 April 20076 May 20081 year, 16 days Independent Abdallahi
11 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef mauritanie.jpg Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
(born 1960)
6 May 20086 August 2008
( deposed )
92 days ADIL
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
12 No image.png Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
(born 1957)
14 August 200820 August 20146 years, 6 days Independent Abdel Aziz
Mbaré
13 No image.png Yahya Ould Hademine
(born 1953)
20 August 201429 October 20184 years, 70 days Independent Abdel Aziz
14 No image.png Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
(born 1962)
29 October 20185 August 2019280 days UPR
Ghazouani
15 Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (cropped).jpg Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
(born 1961)
5 August 20196 August 20201 year, 1 day UPR
16 mHmd wld bll (2022) (cropped).jpg Mohamed Ould Bilal
(born 1963)
6 August 20202 August 20243 years, 362 days UPR
El Insaf [lower-alpha 5]
17 Moctar Ould Diay, Ouagadougou, 4 Feb 2019 (cropped).jpg Mokhtar Ould Djay
(born 1973)
2 August 2024Incumbent3 days El Insaf

Timeline

Mohamed 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 DaddahList of prime ministers of Mauritania

See also

Notes

  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.

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References

  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.