List of prime ministers of Mauritania

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.

Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Seal of Mauritania
Incumbent Mohamed Ould Bilal since 6 August 2020
Appointer	Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as President of Mauritania
Inaugural holder	Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation	28 November 1960

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003)	28 November 1960	20 August 1961	265 days	PRM / PPM	Himself
Post abolished (20 August 1961 – 6 April 1979)
2		Ahmed Ould Bouceif (1934–1979)	6 April 1979	27 May 1979 (died in office.)	51 days	Military	Salek
–		Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (1939–1981)	28 May 1979	31 May 1979	3 days	Military	Salek
3		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–)	31 May 1979	12 December 1980	1 year, 195 days	Military	Salek Louly Himself
4		Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (1947–2017)	12 December 1980	25 April 1981	134 days	Independent	Haidalla
5		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–)	25 April 1981	8 March 1984	2 years, 318 days	Military	Haidalla
(3)		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940–)	8 March 1984	12 December 1984 (deposed.)	279 days	Military	Himself
(5)		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–)	12 December 1984	18 April 1992	7 years, 128 days	Military	Himself
6		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957–)	18 April 1992	2 January 1996	3 years, 259 days	PRDS	Taya
7		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1956–)	2 January 1996	18 December 1997	1 year, 350 days	PRDS	Taya
8		Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (1959–)	18 December 1997	16 November 1998	333 days	PRDS	Taya
(7)		Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (1956–)	16 November 1998	6 July 2003	4 years, 232 days	PRDS	Taya
9		Sghair Ould M'Bareck (1954–)	6 July 2003	7 August 2005 (deposed.)	2 years, 32 days	PRDS	Taya
(6)		Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957–)	7 August 2005	20 April 2007	1 year, 256 days	PRDS	Vall
10		Zeine Ould Zeidane (1966–)	20 April 2007	6 May 2008	1 year, 16 days	Independent	Abdallahi
11		Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (1960–)	6 May 2008	6 August 2008 (deposed.)	92 days	ADIL	Abdallahi
Vacant (6 – 14 August 2008)
12		Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957–)	14 August 2008	20 August 2014	6 years, 6 days	Independent	Aziz Mbaré
13		Yahya Ould Hademine (1953–)	20 August 2014	29 October 2018	4 years, 70 days	Independent	Aziz
14		Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (1962–)	29 October 2018	5 August 2019	280 days	UPR	Aziz Ghazouani
15		Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (1961–)	5 August 2019	6 August 2020	1 year, 1 day	UPR	Ghazouani
16		Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963–)	6 August 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 237 days	UPR	Ghazouani

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