List of heads of state of Mauritania
| President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania رئيس الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Président la République islamique de Mauritanie | |
|---|---|
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| Residence | Presidential Palace, Nouakchott |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 20 August 1961 |
| Salary | 300,000 USD annually[1][2] |
This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
List of officeholders[change | change source]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) |
1961 1966 1971 1976 |
28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (deposed.) |
17 years, 224 days | PRM / PPM | Himself |
| 2 | 
|
Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012) |
— | 10 July 1978 | 3 June 1979 (resigned.) |
328 days | Military | Bouceif Sidi Haidalla |
| 3 |
|
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–2019) |
— | 3 June 1979 | 4 January 1980 (deposed.) |
215 days | Military | Haidalla |
| 4 | 
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–) |
— | 4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (deposed.) |
4 years, 343 days | Military | Himself Bneijara Taya Himself |
| 5 | 
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1943–) |
1992 1997 2003 |
12 December 1984 | 3 August 2005 (deposed.) |
20 years, 234 days | Military / PRDS |
Himself Boubacar Khouna Guig Khouna M'Bareck |
| 6 |
|
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017) |
— | 3 August 2005 | 19 April 2007 | 1 year, 259 days | Military (Sûreté Nationale) |
Boubacar |
| 7 | 
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Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020) |
2007 | 19 April 2007 | 6 August 2008 (deposed.) |
1 year, 109 days | Independent | Zeidane Waghef |
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–) |
— | 6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | Military | Laghdaf |
| – | 
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Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)[a] |
— | 15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | Independent | Laghdaf |
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–) |
2009 2014 |
5 August 2009 | 1 August 2019 | 9 years, 361 days | UPR | Laghdaf Hademine Béchir |
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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (1956–) |
2019 | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 48 days | UPR | Béchir Sidiya Bilal |
- ↑ Simultaneously served as the President of the Senate. The first black leader of Mauritania.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "راتب الرئيس الموريتاني الشهري لايزال يعادل راتب رئيس الصين السنوي". February 2, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Names and figures .. salaries of the heads of the world".