List of prime ministers of Mauritania
| Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania الوزير الأول للجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Premier Ministre de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as President of Mauritania |
| Term length | None |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 28 November 1960 |
| Website | primature |
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.
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)
- Other factions
Military
- 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 | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
28 November 1960 | 20 August 1961 | 265 days | PRM | Himself | |
| Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) | |||||||
| 2 | Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979) |
6 April 1979[a] | 27 May 1979 (died in office)[b] |
51 days | Military | Salek | |
| – | Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981) |
28 May 1979 | 31 May 1979 | 3 days | Military | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
31 May 1979 | 12 December 1980 | 1 year, 195 days | Military | ||
| Louly | |||||||
| Himself | |||||||
| 4 | Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017) |
12 December 1980 | 25 April 1981[c] | 134 days | Independent | Haidalla | |
| 5 | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) |
25 April 1981 | 8 March 1984 | 2 years, 318 days | Military | ||
| (3) | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
8 March 1984 | 12 December 1984 (deposed) |
279 days | Military | Himself | |
| (5) | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) |
12 December 1984 | 18 April 1992 | 7 years, 128 days | Military | Himself | |
| 6 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) |
18 April 1992 | 2 January 1996 | 3 years, 259 days | PRDS | Taya | |
| 7 | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956) |
2 January 1996 | 18 December 1997 | 1 year, 350 days | PRDS | ||
| 8 | Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (born 1959) |
18 December 1997 | 16 November 1998 | 333 days | PRDS | ||
| (7) | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (born 1956) |
16 November 1998 | 6 July 2003[d] | 4 years, 232 days | PRDS | ||
| 9 | Sghair Ould M'Bareck (born 1954) |
6 July 2003 | 7 August 2005 (deposed) |
2 years, 32 days | PRDS | ||
| (6) | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) |
7 August 2005 | 20 April 2007 | 1 year, 256 days | PRDS | Vall | |
| 10 | Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966) |
20 April 2007 | 6 May 2008 | 1 year, 16 days | Independent | Abdallahi | |
| 11 | Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (born 1960) |
6 May 2008 | 6 August 2008 (deposed) |
92 days | ADIL | ||
| Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008) | |||||||
| 12 | Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (born 1957) |
14 August 2008 | 20 August 2014 | 6 years, 6 days | Independent | Abdel Aziz | |
| Mbaré | |||||||
| 13 | Yahya Ould Hademine (born 1953) |
20 August 2014 | 29 October 2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Independent | Abdel Aziz | |
| 14 | Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (born 1962) |
29 October 2018 | 5 August 2019 | 280 days | UPR | ||
| Ghazouani | |||||||
| 15 | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (born 1961) |
5 August 2019 | 6 August 2020 | 1 year, 1 day | UPR | ||
| 16 | Mohamed Ould Bilal (born 1963) |
6 August 2020 | 2 August 2024 | 3 years, 362 days | UPR | ||
| El Insaf[e] | |||||||
| 17 | Mokhtar Ould Djay (born 1973) |
2 August 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 43 days | El Insaf | ||
Notes
References
- ↑ "The Death of Mauritania's Prime Minister Last Week Added Uncertainty". The New York Times. 3 June 1979. Retrieved 14 April 2021.