List of heads of government of Mauritania

Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Seal of Mauritania
Incumbent Yahya Ould Hademine since 20 August 2014
Appointer	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, as President of Mauritania
Inaugural holder	Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation	28 November 1960

The following is a list of heads of government of Mauritania, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.

List of Heads of Government of Mauritania

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Autonomous
(République Islamique de Mauritanie)
21 May 1957 to 16 July 1958	60px	Moktar Ould Daddah, Vice President of the Government Council	UPM
16 July 1958 to 28 November 1958		Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Council of Government
28 November 1958 to 26 June 1959		Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Provisional Government	UPM/PRM/PPM
26 June 1959 to 28 November 1960		Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime Minister	UPM/PRM/PPM
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	Independence from France
(République Islamique de Mauritanie)
28 November 1960 to 20 August 1961	60px	Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime Minister	UPM/PRM/PPM
20 August 1961 to 6 April 1979	Post abolished
6 April 1979 to 27 May 1979		Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Prime Minister	Mil	Died in an airplane crash in Senegal
28 May 1979 to 31 May 1979		Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi, acting Prime Minister
31 May 1979 to 12 December 1980		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime Minister	Mil	1st Term
12 December 1980 to 25 April 1981		Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara, Prime Minister	n-p
25 April 1981 to 8 March 1984		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime Minister	Mil	1st Term
8 March 1984 to 12 December 1984		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime Minister	Mil	2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime Minister	Mil	2nd Term
18 April 1992 to 2 January 1996		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Prime Minister	PRDS	1st Term
2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Prime Minister	PRDS	1st Term
18 December 1997 to 16 November 1998		Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig, Prime Minister	PRDS
16 November 1998 to 6 July 2003		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Prime Minister	PRDS	2nd Term
6 July 2003 to 7 August 2005		Sghair Ould M'Bareck, Prime Minister	PRDS	Deposed in a coup d'état
7 August 2005 to 20 April 2007		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Prime Minister	PRDS	2nd Term
20 April 2007 to 6 May 2008		Zeine Ould Zeidane, Prime Minister	n-p
6 May 2008 to 6 August 2008	60px	Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef, Prime Minister	ADIL	Deposed in a coup d'état
14 August 2008 to 20 August 2014		Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Minister	n-p
20 August 2014 to Present		Yahya Ould Hademine, Prime Minister	n-p

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
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan

See also

• Mauritania
  • Heads of State of Mauritania
  • Colonial Heads of Mauritania
• Lists of office-holders

External links

• World Statesmen - Mauritania

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