List of prime ministers of Mauritania
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
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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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 | 140 days | UPR | Ghazouani |
List Of Prime Ministers Of Mauritania Media
Moktar Ould Daddah (1924-2003), Prime minister (1959-1961) and President (1961-1978) of Mauritania
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1983
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1983
