List of heads of state of Mauritania

President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Seal 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

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List of Heads of State of Mauritania

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Independence from France
(République Islamique de Mauritanie)
28 November 1960 to 20 August 1961		Moktar Ould Daddah, acting Head of State	PRM/PPM
20 August 1961 to 10 July 1978		Moktar Ould Daddah, President		Deposed in a coup d'état
10 July 1978 to 20 March 1979		Mustafa Ould Salek, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery	Mil
20 March 1979 to 6 April 1979		Mustafa Ould Salek, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
6 April 1979 to 3 June 1979		Mustafa Ould Salek, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation		Reduced to a figurehead after a coup d'état; Resigned
3 June 1979 to 4 January 1980		Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation	Mil
18 April 1992 to 3 August 2005		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President	PRDS	Deposed in a coup d'état
3 August 2005 to 19 April 2007		Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy	Mil	Step down after the 2007 presidential election
19 April 2007 to 6 August 2008		Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, President	n-p	Deposed in coup d'état
6 August 2008 to 15 April 2009		Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the High Council of State	Mil	1st Term; Resigned in order to stand as a candidate in the 2009 presidential election
15 April 2009 to 5 August 2009		Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Acting President	n-p
5 August 2009 to Present		Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President	UPR	2nd Term

Affiliations

PPM	Partie des Personnes de Mauritanian      (Mauritanian People's Party)   to 1961 PRM - authoritarian
PRDS	Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social      (Social and Democratic Republican Party)   authoritarian
PRM	Parti Rassemblement Mauritian      (Mauritanian Gathering Party)   1958-1961 PPM
UPM	Union Progressive Mauritanian      (Mauritanian Progressive Union)   from 1958 PRM
ADIL	National Pact for Democracy and Development
UPR	Union for the Republic
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

Latest election

 Summary of the 18 July 2009 Mauritanian presidential election results

Candidates – Parties	Votes	%
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz – Union for the Republic	409,100	52.58
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir – Popular Alliance for Progress/National Front for the Defense of Democracy	126,782	16.29
Ahmed Ould Daddah – Rally of Democratic Forces	106,263	13.66
Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour – National Rally for Reform and Development	37,059	4.76
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr – Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal	35,709	4.59
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall	29,681	3.81
Kane Hamidou Baba	11,568	1.49
Saleh Ould Hanenna – Mauritanian Party of Union and Change	10,219	1.31
Hamada Ould Meimou	9,936	1.28
Sghair Ould M'Bareck	1,788	0.23
Total votes	778,105	100.00
Sources: click4mauritania.com

See also

• Mauritania
  • Heads of government of Mauritania
  • Colonial heads of Mauritania
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• World Statesmen - Mauritania