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.
List of officeholders Political parties
Other factions
Status
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyHead(s) of state Took office Left office Time in office 1 Moktar Ould Daddah 1960 1961 PRM HimselfPost abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979) 2 Ahmed Ould Bouceif 1979 1979 MilitarySalek – Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi 1979 1979 Military3Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1979 1980Military Louly Himself 4 Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara 1980 1981 IndependentHaidalla 5 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 1981 1984 Military Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1984 1984 Military Himself Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya 1984 1992 Military Himself 6 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar 1992 1996 PRDSTaya 7 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna 1996 1997 PRDS 8 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig 1997 1998 PRDS Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna 1998 2003 PRDS 9 Sghair Ould M'Bareck 2003 2005 PRDS Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar 2005 2007 PRDS Vall 10 Zeine Ould Zeidane 2007 2008 IndependentAbdallahi 11 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef 2008 2008 ADILVacant (6 – 14 August 2008) 12Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf 2008 2014Independent Abdel Aziz Mbaré 13 Yahya Ould Hademine 2014 2018 UPRAbdel Aziz14Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir 2018 2019UPRGhazouani 15 Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya 2019 2020 UPR16Mohamed Ould Bilal 2020 2024 UPR El Insaf 17 Mokhtar Ould Djay 2024 Incumbent El Insaf
Timeline
See also Politics of Mauritania List of heads of state of Mauritania List of colonial governors of Mauritania
Notes
References
External links World Statesmen – Mauritania