List of prime ministers of 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 seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritania (not counting one acting prime minister). Additionally, four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, 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 Mokhtar Ould Djay, since 2 August 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Moktar Ould Daddah Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1960	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRM	Himself
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
2		Ahmed Ould Bouceif Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1979Template:Efn	Template:Nowrap 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Salek
–		Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military
3		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1979	Template:Nowrap 1980	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military
						Louly
						Himself
4		Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1980	Template:Nowrap 1981Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Haidalla
5		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1981	Template:Nowrap 1984	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military
Template:Small		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1984	Template:Nowrap 1984 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Himself
Template:Small		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1984	Template:Nowrap 1992	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Himself
6		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1992	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS	Taya
7		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Nowrap 1997	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS
8		Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1997	Template:Nowrap 1998	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS
Template:Small		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1998	Template:Nowrap 2003Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS
9		Sghair Ould M'Bareck Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2003	Template:Nowrap 2005 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS
Template:Small		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2005	Template:Nowrap 2007	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	PRDS	Vall
10		Zeine Ould Zeidane Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2007	Template:Nowrap 2008	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Abdallahi
11		Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2008	Template:Nowrap 2008 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	ADIL
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
12		Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2008	Template:Nowrap 2014	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Abdel Aziz
						Mbaré
13		Yahya Ould Hademine Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2014	Template:Nowrap 2018	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UPR	Abdel Aziz
14		Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2018	Template:Nowrap 2019	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UPR
						Ghazouani
15		Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2019	Template:Nowrap 2020	Template:Ayd		style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UPR
16		Mohamed Ould Bilal Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2020	Template:Nowrap 2024	Template:Ayd		style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UPR
							style="background:Template:Party color;" |	El InsafTemplate:Efn
17		Mokhtar Ould Djay Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd		style="background:Template:Party color;" |	El Insaf

Timeline

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 from: 12/12/1980 till: 25/04/1981 color:ind     text:"Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara"
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 from: 25/04/1981 till: 08/03/1984 color:mil
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 from: 18/04/1992 till: 02/01/1996 color:prds
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 from: 02/01/1996 till: 18/12/1997 color:prds
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 from: 18/12/1997 till: 16/11/1998 color:prds    text:"Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig"
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 from: 06/07/2003 till: 07/08/2005 color:prds    text:"Sghair Ould M'Bareck"
bar:Zeidane
 from: 20/04/2007 till: 06/05/2008 color:ind     text:"Zeine Ould Zeidane"
bar:Waghef
 from: 06/05/2008 till: 06/08/2008 color:adil    text:"Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef"
bar:Laghdaf
 from: 14/08/2008 till: 20/08/2014 color:ind     text:"Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf"
bar:Hademine
 from: 20/08/2014 till: 29/10/2018 color:upr     text:"Yahya Ould Hademine"
bar:Béchir
 from: 29/10/2018 till: 05/08/2019 color:upr     text:"Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir"
bar:Sidiya
 from: 05/08/2019 till: 06/08/2020 color:upr     text:"Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya"
bar:Bilal
 from: 06/08/2020 till: 03/07/2022 color:upr
 from: 03/07/2022 till: 02/08/2024 color:elinsaf text:"Mohamed Ould Bilal"
bar:Djay
 from: 02/08/2024 till: $today     color:elinsaf text:"Mokhtar Ould Djay"

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See also

• Politics of Mauritania
• List of heads of state of Mauritania
• List of colonial governors of Mauritania

External links

• World Statesmen – Mauritania