List of heads of state of Mauritania
| President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania رئيس الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Président de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Seat | Nouakchott |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 20 August 1961 |
| Salary | 300,000 USD annually[1][2] |
| Website | presidence |
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 eight 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 the President of the Republic Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019.
Titles
- 1960–1961: Acting Head of State
- 1961–1978: President of the Islamic Republic
- 1978–1979: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
- 1979: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
- 1979–1992: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
- 1992–2005: President of the Islamic Republic
- 2005–2007: Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
- 2007–2008: President of the Islamic Republic
- 2008–2009: President of the High Council of State
- 2009–present: President of the Islamic Republic
List of officeholders
- Political parties
Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM)
Mauritanian People's Party (PPM)
Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS)
Union for the Republic (UPR)
- Other factions
Military
- Status
Acting President
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
1961 1966 1971 1976 |
28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (deposed) |
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) |
215 days | Military | Haidalla | |
| 4 | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
— | 4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (deposed) |
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) |
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) |
1 year, 109 days | Independent | Zeidane Waghef | |
| 8 | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) |
— | 6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | Military | Laghdaf | |
| – | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)[b] |
— | 15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | Independent | Laghdaf | |
| (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 | 6 years, 39 days | UPR | Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay | |
| El Insaf[c] | ||||||||
See also
- Mauritania
- List of prime ministers of Mauritania
- List of colonial governors of Mauritania
- Politics of Mauritania
- Lists of office-holders
Footnotes
References
- ↑ "راتب الرئيس الموريتاني الشهري لايزال يعادل راتب رئيس الصين السنوي". 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ↑ "Names and figures .. salaries of the heads of the world".
- ↑ "Mauritanian President Resigns 11 Months After Coup". The New York Times. 4 June 1979. Retrieved 26 March 2019.