Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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Incumbent Mokhtar Ould Djay since 2 August 2024 | |
Appointer | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as President of Mauritania |
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.
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 / 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.)[a] |
51 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 | 1 year, 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, 318 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, 128 days | Military | Himself | |
6 | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957–) |
18 April 1992 | 2 January 1996 | 3 years, 259 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, 32 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 | 29 October 2018 | 4 years, 70 days | Independent | Aziz | |
14 | Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (1962–) |
29 October 2018 | 5 August 2019 | 280 days | UPR | Aziz Ghazouani | |
15 | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (1961–) |
5 August 2019 | 6 August 2020 | 1 year, 1 day | UPR | Ghazouani | |
16 | Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963–) |
6 August 2020 | 2 August 2024 | 3 years, 362 days | UPR | Ghazouani | |
17 | Mokhtar Ould Djay (1973–) |
2 August 2024 | Incumbent | 17 days | UPR | Ghazouani |