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.
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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Appointer | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as President of Mauritania |
Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
Formation | 28 November 1960 |
List of officeholders
changeNo. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
28 November 1960 | 20 August 1961 | 265 days | PRM / PPM | Himself | |
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) | |||||||
2 | Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979) |
6 April 1979 | 27 May 1979 (died in office.)[a] |
51 days | Military | Salek | |
– | Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981) |
28 May 1979 | 31 May 1979 | 3 days | Military | Salek | |
3 | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–) |
31 May 1979 | 12 December 1980 | 1 year, 195 days | Military | Salek Louly Himself | |
4 | Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017) |
12 December 1980 | 25 April 1981 | 134 days | Independent | Haidalla | |
5 | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–) |
25 April 1981 | 8 March 1984 | 2 years, 318 days | Military | Haidalla | |
(3) | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–) |
8 March 1984 | 12 December 1984 (deposed.) |
279 days | Military | Himself | |
(5) | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–) |
12 December 1984 | 18 April 1992 | 7 years, 128 days | Military | Himself | |
6 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957–) |
18 April 1992 | 2 January 1996 | 3 years, 259 days | PRDS | Taya | |
7 | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1956–) |
2 January 1996 | 18 December 1997 | 1 year, 350 days | PRDS | Taya | |
8 | Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (1959–) |
18 December 1997 | 16 November 1998 | 333 days | PRDS | Taya | |
(7) | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1956–) |
16 November 1998 | 6 July 2003 | 4 years, 232 days | PRDS | Taya | |
9 | Sghair Ould M'Bareck (1954–) |
6 July 2003 | 7 August 2005 (deposed.) |
2 years, 32 days | PRDS | Taya | |
(6) | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957–) |
7 August 2005 | 20 April 2007 | 1 year, 256 days | PRDS | Vall | |
10 | Zeine Ould Zeidane (1966–) |
20 April 2007 | 6 May 2008 | 1 year, 16 days | Independent | Abdallahi | |
11 | Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (1960–) |
6 May 2008 | 6 August 2008 (deposed.) |
92 days | ADIL | Abdallahi | |
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008) | |||||||
12 | Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957–) |
14 August 2008 | 20 August 2014 | 6 years, 6 days | Independent | Aziz Mbaré | |
13 | Yahya Ould Hademine (1953–) |
20 August 2014 | 29 October 2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Independent | Aziz | |
14 | Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (1962–) |
29 October 2018 | 5 August 2019 | 280 days | UPR | Aziz Ghazouani | |
15 | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (1961–) |
5 August 2019 | 6 August 2020 | 1 year, 1 day | UPR | Ghazouani | |
16 | Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963–) |
6 August 2020 | 2 August 2024 | 3 years, 362 days | UPR | Ghazouani | |
17 | Mokhtar Ould Djay (1973–) |
2 August 2024 | Incumbent | 17 days | UPR | Ghazouani |