List of Presidents of Mauritania

President of the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Incumbent
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

since 5 August 2009
Residence Presidential Palace, Nouakchott
Term length 5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation 20 August 1961
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Mauritania

This is a list of Presidents of Mauritania since the formation of the post of President of Mauritania in 1961 to the present day.

A total of four people have served as President of Mauritania (not counting five Military non-Presidential Heads of State and one Acting President).

The current President of Mauritania is Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, since 5 August 2009.

Key

Political parties
Other factions
Status

Presidents of Mauritania

№ President
(Birth–Death)
Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation Prime Minister(s)
Took office Left office
1 Moktar Ould Daddah
(1924–2003)[1]
28 November 1960 10 July 1978
(deposed.)
1961, 1966, 1971, 1976 PRM / PPM Himself
– Mustafa Ould Salek
(1936–2012)[2]
10 July 1978 3 June 1979
(resigned.)
– Military Bouceif
Sidi
Haidalla
– Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
(1943–)[3]
3 June 1979 4 January 1980
(deposed.)
– Military Haidalla
– Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
(1940–)[3]
4 January 1980 12 December 1984
(deposed.)
– Military Himself
Bneijara
Taya
Himself
2 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
(1941–)[4]
12 December 1984 3 August 2005
(deposed.)
1992, 1997, 2003 Military /
PRDS
Himself
Boubacar
Khouna
Guig
Khouna
M'Bareck
– Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
(1953–)[5]
3 August 2005 19 April 2007 – Military
(Sûreté Nationale)
Boubacar
3 Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
(1938–)
19 April 2007 6 August 2008
(deposed.)
2007 Independent Zeidane
Waghef
– Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
(1956–)[6]
6 August 2008 15 April 2009 – Military Laghdaf
– Ba Mamadou Mbaré
(1946–2013)[7]
15 April 2009 5 August 2009 – Independent Laghdaf
4 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
(1956–)
5 August 2009 2009, 2014 UPR Laghdaf
Hademine

Latest election

Candidate Party Votes %
Mohamed Ould Abdel AzizUnion for the Republic577,99581.89
Biram Dah AbeidInitiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement61,2188.67
Boïdiel Ould HoumeitEl Wiam31,7734.50
Ibrahima Moctar SarrAlliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal31,3684.44
Laila Maryam Mint Moulaye IdrissIndependent3,4340.49
Invalid/blank votes44,077–
Total749,865100
Registered voters/turnout1,328,16856.46
Source: CENI

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Styled as Acting Head of State until 20 August 1961
  2. ↑ Styled as Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery until 20 March 1979, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery until 6 April 1979 and Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation from 6 April 1979
  3. 1 2 Styled as Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
  4. ↑ Styled as Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation until 18 April 1992
  5. ↑ Styled as Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
  6. ↑ Styled as President of the High Council of State
  7. ↑ Simultaneously served as the President of the Senate. The first black leader of Mauritania
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