List of Prime Ministers of Mauritania

Prime Minister of the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Incumbent
Yahya Ould Hademine
since 20 August 2014
Appointer Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz,
as President of Mauritania
Inaugural holder Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation 28 November 1960
Mauritania
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Mauritania

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 thirteen people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritania (not counting one Acting Prime Minister). Additionally, three persons, 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 Yahya Ould Hademine, since 20 August 2014.

Key

Political parties
Other factions
Status
  •   Acting Prime Minister

List

№ Prime Minister
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure Political affiliation Head(s) of State
Took office Left office Time in Office
1 Moktar Ould Daddah
(1924–2003)		 28 November 1960 20 August 1961 266 days PRM / PPM Himself
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
2 Ahmed Ould Bouceif
(1934–1979)		 6 April 1979 27 May 1979
(died in office.)[1]		 52 days Military Salek
– Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi
(1939–1981)		 28 May 1979 31 May 1979 3 days Military Salek
3 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(1940–)		 31 May 1979 12 December 1980 195 days Military Salek
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
(1941–)		 25 April 1981 8 March 1984 2 years,

316 days

 Military Haidalla
(3) Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(1940–)		 8 March 1984 12 December 1984
(deposed.)		 279 days Military Himself
(5) Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(1941–)		 12 December 1984 18 April 1992 7 years,

127 days

Military Himself
6 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(1957–)		 18 April 1992 2 January 1996 3 years,

258 days

PRDS Taya
7 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(1956–)		 2 January 1996 18 December 1997 1 year,

350 days

PRDS Taya
8 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig
(1959–)		 18 December 1997 16 November 1998 333 days PRDS Taya
(7) Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
(1956–)		 16 November 1998 6 July 2003 4 years,

232 days

 PRDS Taya
9 Sghair Ould M'Bareck
(1954–)		 6 July 2003 7 August 2005
(deposed.)		 2 years,

31 days

 PRDS Taya
(6) Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
(1957–)		 7 August 2005 20 April 2007 1 year,

256 days

 PRDS Vall
10 Zeine Ould Zeidane
(1966–)		 20 April 2007 6 May 2008 1 year,

16 days

 Independent Abdallahi
11 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
(1960–)		 6 May 2008 6 August 2008
(deposed.)		 92 days ADIL Abdallahi
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
12 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
(1957–)		 14 August 2008 20 August 2014 6 years,

6 days

Independent Aziz
Mbaré
13 Yahya Ould Hademine
(1953–)		 20 August 2014 Incumbent 4 years,

10 days

 Independent Aziz

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Killed in an airplane crash in Senegal
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