President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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رئيس الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Président de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie | |
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Residence | Presidential Palace, 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 |
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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 nine 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.[3][4]
As of 2023, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mauritania. The first president who adhered to the term limits was Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2019.[5]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
1961 1966 1971 1976 |
28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (deposed) |
17 years, 224 days | PRM / PPM | Himself |
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Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012) |
— | 10 July 1978 | 3 June 1979 (resigned)[a] |
328 days | Military | Bouceif Sidi Haidalla |
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Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–2019) |
— | 3 June 1979 | 4 January 1980 (deposed) |
215 days | Military | Haidalla |
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) |
— | 4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (deposed) |
4 years, 343 days | Military | Himself Bneijara Taya Himself |
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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 |
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Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017) |
— | 3 August 2005 | 19 April 2007 | 1 year, 259 days | Military (Sûreté Nationale) |
Boubacar |
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Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020) |
2007 | 19 April 2007 | 6 August 2008 (deposed) |
1 year, 109 days | Independent | Zeidane Waghef |
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) |
— | 6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | Military | Laghdaf |
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Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)[b] |
— | 15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | Independent | Laghdaf |
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) |
2009 2014 |
5 August 2009 | 1 August 2019 | 9 years, 361 days | UPR | Laghdaf Hademine Béchir |
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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956) |
2019 | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 12 days | UPR | Béchir Sidiya Bilal |
El Insaf[c] |
Main article: 2019 Mauritanian presidential election |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Union for the Republic | 483,007 | 52.00 | |
Biram Dah Abeid | Independent | 172,649 | 18.59 | |
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar | Independent | 165,995 | 17.87 | |
Kane Hamidou Baba | Independent | 80,777 | 8.70 | |
Mohamed Ould Maouloud | Union of the Forces of Progress | 22,656 | 2.44 | |
Mohamed Lemine al-Mourtaji al-Wafi | Independent | 3,688 | 0.40 | |
Total | 928,772 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 928,772 | 96.04 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 38,300 | 3.96 | ||
Total votes | 967,072 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,544,132 | 62.63 | ||
Source: AMI |