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
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br>
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Head(s) of state
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 1
| 90px
| Moktar Ould Daddah<br>
| 1960
| 1961
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRM
| Himself
|-
| colspan="9" |Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
|-
| 2
| 90px
| Ahmed Ould Bouceif<br>
| 1979
| 1979<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| rowspan=3|Salek
|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 90px
| Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi<br>
| 1979
| 1979
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
|-
| rowspan=3|3
| rowspan=3|90px
| rowspan=3|Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla<br>
| rowspan=3| 1979
| rowspan=3| 1980
| rowspan=3|
! rowspan=3 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=3|Military
|-
| Louly
|-
| Himself
|-
| 4
| 90px
| Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara<br>
| 1980
| 1981
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| rowspan=2|Haidalla
|-
| 5
| 90px
| Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya<br>
| 1981
| 1984
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
|-
|
| 90px
| Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla<br>
| 1984
| 1984<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| Himself
|-
|
| 90px
| Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya<br>
| 1984
| 1992
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| Himself
|-
| 6
| 90px
| Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar<br>
| 1992
| 1996
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
| rowspan=5|Taya
|-
| 7
| 90px
| Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna<br>
| 1996
| 1997
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
|-
| 8
| 90px
| Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig<br>
| 1997
| 1998
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
|-
|
| 90px
| Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna<br>
| 1998
| 2003
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
|-
| 9
| 90px
| Sghair Ould M'Bareck<br>
| 2003
| 2005<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
|-
|
| 90px
| Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar<br>
| 2005
| 2007
|
! style="background:;" |
| PRDS
| Vall
|-
| 10
| 90px
| Zeine Ould Zeidane<br>
| 2007
| 2008
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| rowspan=2|Abdallahi
|-
| 11
| 90px
| Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef<br>
| 2008
| 2008<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| ADIL
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
|-
| rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf<br>
| rowspan=2| 2008
| rowspan=2| 2014
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=2|Independent
| Abdel Aziz
|-
| Mbaré
|-
| 13
| 90px
| Yahya Ould Hademine<br>
| 2014
| 2018
|
! style="background:;" |
| UPR
| rowspan=2|Abdel Aziz
|-
| rowspan=2|14
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir<br>
| rowspan=2| 2018
| rowspan=2| 2019
| rowspan=2|
! rowspan=2 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=2|UPR
|-
| rowspan=5|Ghazouani
|-
| 15
| 90px
| Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya<br>
| 2019
| 2020
|
! style="background:;" |
| UPR
|-
| rowspan=2|16
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Mohamed Ould Bilal<br>
| rowspan=2| 2020
| rowspan=2| 2024
| rowspan=2|
! style="background:;" |
| UPR
|-
! style="background:;" |
| El Insaf
|-
| 17
| 90px
| Mokhtar Ould Djay<br>
| 2024
| Incumbent
|
! style="background:;" |
| 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