List of Prime Ministers of Mauritania

Prime Minister of the
Islamic Republic 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
Mauritania
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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 MauritaniaAutonomous
(République Islamique de Mauritanie)
21 May 1957 to 16 July 1958Moktar Ould Daddah, Vice President of the Government CouncilUPM
16 July 1958 to 28 November 1958Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Council of Government
28 November 1958 to 26 June 1959Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Provisional GovernmentUPM/PRM/PPM
26 June 1959 to 28 November 1960Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime MinisterUPM/PRM/PPM
Islamic Republic of MauritaniaIndependence from France
(République Islamique de Mauritanie)
28 November 1960 to 20 August 1961Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime MinisterUPM/PRM/PPM
20 August 1961 to 6 April 1979Post abolished
6 April 1979 to 27 May 1979 Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Prime MinisterMilDied 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 1980Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime MinisterMil1st Term
12 December 1980 to 25 April 1981 Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara, Prime Ministern-p
25 April 1981 to 8 March 1984Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime MinisterMil1st Term
8 March 1984 to 12 December 1984Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime MinisterMil2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état
12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Prime MinisterMil2nd Term
18 April 1992 to 2 January 1996 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Prime MinisterPRDS1st Term
2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Prime MinisterPRDS1st Term
18 December 1997 to 16 November 1998 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig, Prime Minister
16 November 1998 to 6 July 2003 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Prime MinisterPRDS2nd Term
6 July 2003 to 7 August 2005 Sghair Ould M'Bareck, Prime MinisterPRDSDeposed in a coup d'état
7 August 2005 to 20 April 2007 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Prime MinisterPRDS2nd Term
20 April 2007 to 6 May 2008 Zeine Ould Zeidane, Prime Ministern-p
6 May 2008 to 6 August 2008Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef, Prime MinisterADILDeposed in a coup d'état
14 August 2008 to 20 August 2014 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Ministern-p
20 August 2014 to Present Yahya Ould Hademine, Prime Ministern-p

Affiliations

PPMPartie des Personnes de Mauritanian
     (Mauritanian People's Party)   to 1961 PRM – authoritarian
PRDSParti Républicain Démocratique et Social
     (Social and Democratic Republican Party)   authoritarian
PRMParti Rassemblement Mauritian
     (Mauritanian Gathering Party)   1958–1961 PPM
UPMUnion Progressive Mauritanian
     (Mauritanian Progressive Union)   from 1958 PRM
ADILNational Pact for Democracy and Development
MilMilitary
n-pnon-partisan

See also

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