List of prime ministers of Mauritania facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Prime Minister of theIslamic Republic of Mauritania |
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Appointer | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as President of Mauritania |
Term length | None |
Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
Formation | 28 November 1960 |
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.
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 Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister of Mauritania is Mohamed Ould Bilal, since 6 August 2020.
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) El Insaf
- Other factions
Military Independent
- Status
Acting Prime Minister
No. | 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 | Himself | |
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) | |||||||
2 | Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979) |
6 April 1979 | 27 May 1979 (died in office) |
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 | 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 | 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 | Incumbent | 4 years, 140 days | UPR | ||
El Insaf |
Timeline
See also
In Spanish: Primer ministro de Mauritania para niños
- Politics of Mauritania
- List of heads of state of Mauritania
- List of colonial governors of Mauritania