Heads of Government of Mauritania

List of Heads of Government of Mauritania

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, estd.1992) - authoritarian
PRM = Parti Rassemblement Mauritian (Mauritanian Gathering Party, 1958-1961 PPM)
UPM = Union Progressive Mauritanian Mauritian (Mauritanian Progressive Union, from 1958 PRM)
Mil = Military
n-p = non-partisan

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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21 May 1957 to 16 July 1958	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	UPM
28 November 1958 to 26 June 1959	Moktar Ould Daddah, President of the Provisional Government	UPM/PRM/PPM
26 June 1959 to 20 August 1961	Moktar Ould Daddah, Prime Minister	UPM/PRM/PPM
6 April 1979 to 27 May 1979	Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Prime Minister	Mil
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 SidAhmed Taya, Prime Minister	Mil	1st Term
8 March 1984 to 12 December 1984	Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Prime Minister	Mil	2nd Term
12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992	Maaouya Ould SidAhmed Taya, Prime Minister	Mil	2nd Term
18 April 1992 to 2 January 1996	Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Prime Minister	PRDS
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 present	Sghair Ould MBareck, Prime Minister	PRDS

Heads of Government of Mauritania

See also