List of prime ministers of Mauritania
| Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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| الوزير الأول للجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Premier Ministre de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie | |
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| Appointer | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, asPresident of Mauritania |
| Term length | None |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 28 November 1960 |
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This is a list ofprime ministersofMauritaniasince the formation of the post of Prime Minister ofMauritaniain 1960 to the present day.
A total of sixteen 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 BoubacarandCheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna,have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister of Mauritania isMohamed Ould Bilal,since 6 August 2020.[1][2]
List of officeholders[edit]
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
Acting Prime Minister
| 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 November1960 | 20 August1961 | 265 days | PRM | Himself |
| Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) | |||||||
| 2 | 
|
Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979) |
6 April1979[a] | 27 May1979 (died in office)[b] |
51 days | Military | Salek |
| – |
|
Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981) |
28 May1979 | 31 May1979 | 3 days | Military | |
| 3 | 
|
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
31 May1979 | 12 December1980 | 1 year, 195 days | Military | |
| Louly | |||||||
| Himself | |||||||
| 4 |
|
Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017) |
12 December1980 | 25 April1981[c] | 134 days | Independent | Haidalla |
| 5 | 
|
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) |
25 April1981 | 8 March1984 | 2 years, 318 days | Military | |
| (3) |
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
8 March1984 | 12 December1984 (deposed) |
279 days | Military | Himself |
| (5) |
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) |
12 December1984 | 18 April1992 | 7 years, 128 days | Military | Himself |
| 6 | 
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Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) |
18 April1992 | 2 January1996 | 3 years, 259 days | PRDS | Taya |
| 7 |
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Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956) |
2 January1996 | 18 December1997 | 1 year, 350 days | PRDS | |
| 8 |
|
Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (born 1959) |
18 December1997 | 16 November1998 | 333 days | PRDS | |
| (7) |
|
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956) |
16 November1998 | 6 July2003[d] | 4 years, 232 days | PRDS | |
| 9 |
|
Sghair Ould M'Bareck (born 1954) |
6 July2003 | 7 August2005 (deposed) |
2 years, 32 days | PRDS | |
| (6) |
|
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) |
7 August2005 | 20 April2007 | 1 year, 256 days | PRDS | Vall |
| 10 |
|
Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966) |
20 April2007 | 6 May2008 | 1 year, 16 days | Independent | Abdallahi |
| 11 | 
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Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (born 1960) |
6 May2008 | 6 August2008 (deposed) |
92 days | ADIL | |
| Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008) | |||||||
| 12 |
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Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (born 1957) |
14 August2008 | 20 August2014 | 6 years, 6 days | Independent | Abdel Aziz |
| Mbaré | |||||||
| 13 |
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Yahya Ould Hademine (born 1953) |
20 August2014 | 29 October2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Independent | Abdel Aziz |
| 14 |
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Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (born 1962) |
29 October2018 | 5 August2019 | 280 days | UPR | |
| Ghazouani | |||||||
| 15 | 
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Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 1961) |
5 August2019 | 6 August2020 | 1 year, 1 day | UPR | |
| 16 | 
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Mohamed Ould Bilal (born 1963) |
6 August2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 335 days | UPR | |
| El Insaf[e] | |||||||
Timeline[edit]
See also[edit]
- Politics of Mauritania
- List of heads of state of Mauritania
- List of colonial governors of Mauritania
Notes[edit]
- ^Appointed in the aftermath of the1979 coup d'état.
- ^Killed in an airplane crash inSenegal.[3]
- ^Dismissed in the aftermath of the1981 coup d'état attempt.
- ^Dismissed and arrested in the aftermath of the2003 coup d'état attempt.
- ^Founded in 2022.
References[edit]
- ^"Veteran administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal named Mauritania's new PM".Reuters.6 August 2020.Retrieved9 August2020.
- ^"Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM".TRT World.6 August 2020.Retrieved9 August2020.
- ^"The Death of Mauritania's Prime Minister Last Week Added Uncertainty".The New York Times.3 June 1979.Retrieved14 April2021.
