List of heads of state of Mauritania
| President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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| Residence | Presidential Palace, Nouakchott |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 20 August 1961 |
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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 eight 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 Abdel Aziz, since 5 August 2009.
Titles
- 1960–1961: Acting Head of State
- 1961–1978: President of the Republic
- 1978–1979: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
- 1979: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
- 1979–1992: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
- 1992–2005: President of the Republic
- 2005–2007: Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
- 2007–2008: President of the Republic
- 2008–2009: President of the High Council of State
- 2009–present: President of the Republic
Key
- Political parties
- Union for the Republic (UPR)
- Other factions
- Status
- Acting President
List
| № | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Elected | Political affiliation | Prime Minister(s) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in Office | |||||||
| 1 | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
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28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (deposed.) |
17 years,
224 days |
1961 1966 1971 1976 |
PRM / PPM | Himself | |
| 2 | Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012) |
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10 July 1978 | 3 June 1979 (resigned.) |
329 days | – | style="background: Template:Military Rule/meta/color;" | | Military | Bouceif Sidi Haidalla |
| 3 | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–) |
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3 June 1979 | 4 January 1980 (deposed.) |
215 days | – | style="background: Template:Military Rule/meta/color;" | | Military | Haidalla |
| 4 | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–) |
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4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (deposed.) |
4 years,
342 days |
– | style="background: Template:Military Rule/meta/color;" | | Military | Himself Bneijara Taya Himself |
| 5 | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–) |
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12 December 1984 | 3 August 2005 (deposed.) |
20 years,
234 days |
1992 1997 2003 |
style="background: Template:Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal/meta/color;" | | Military / PRDS |
Himself Boubacar Khouna Guig Khouna M'Bareck |
| 6 | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017) |
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3 August 2005 | 19 April 2007 | 1 year,
259 days |
– | style="background: Template:Military Rule/meta/color;" | | Military (Sûreté Nationale) |
Boubacar |
| 7 | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–) |
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19 April 2007 | 6 August 2008 (deposed.) |
1 year,
109 days |
2007 | style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Independent | Zeidane Waghef |
| 8 | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–) |
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6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | – | style="background: Template:Military Rule/meta/color;" | | Military | Laghdaf |
| – | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)[1] |
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15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | – | style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Independent | Laghdaf |
| (8) | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–) |
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5 August 2009 | Incumbent | 9 years,
25 days |
2009 2014 |
style="background: Template:Union for the Republic (Mauritania)/meta/color;" | | UPR | Laghdaf Hademine |
Latest election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Union for the Republic | 577,995 | 81.89 |
| Biram Dah Abeid | Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement | 61,218 | 8.67 |
| Boïdiel Ould Houmeit | El Wiam | 31,773 | 4.50 |
| Ibrahima Moctar Sarr | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 31,368 | 4.44 |
| Laila Maryam Mint Moulaye Idriss | Independent | 3,434 | 0.49 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 44,077 | – | |
| Total | 749,865 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,328,168 | 56.46 | |
| Source: CENI | |||
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Simultaneously served as the President of the Senate. The first black leader of Mauritania
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