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President of the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
President of the; Islamic Republic of Mauritania
رئيس الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية; Président de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie
	Seal of Mauritania
	Presidential standard
	Incumbent; Mohamed Ould Ghazouani; since 1 August 2019
Residence	Presidential Palace
Seat	Nouakchott
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Moktar Ould Daddah
Formation	20 August 1961
Salary	300,000 USD annually
Website	presidence.mr

This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

A total of nine people have served as head of state of Mauritania (not counting one acting president). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.

The current head of state of Mauritania is President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019.^[3]^[4]

Term limits

As of 2024, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mauritania. The first president who adhered to the term limits was Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2019.^[5]

Titles

1960–1961: Acting Head of State
1961–1978: President of the Islamic Republic
1978–1979: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
1979 : Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
1979–1992: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
1992–2005: President of the Islamic Republic
2005–2007: Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
2007–2008: President of the Islamic Republic
2008–2009: President of the High Council of State
2009–present: President of the Islamic Republic

List of officeholders

Political parties

Mauritanian Regroupment Party (PRM)

Mauritanian People's Party (PPM)

Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS)

Union for the Republic (UPR)

El Insaf

Other factions

Military

Independent

Status

Acting President

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Prime minister(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Prime minister(s)
1		Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003)	1961 1966 1971 1976	28 November 1960	10 July 1978 (Deposed in a coup)	17 years, 224 days	PRM / PPM	Himself
2		Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012)	—	10 July 1978	3 June 1979 (Resigned)^[a]	328 days	Military	Bouceif Sidi Haidalla
3		Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943–2019)	—	3 June 1979	4 January 1980 (Deposed in a coup)	215 days	Military	Haidalla
4		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940)	—	4 January 1980	12 December 1984 (Deposed in a coup)	4 years, 343 days	Military	Himself Bneijara Taya Himself
5		Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941)	1992 1997 2003	12 December 1984	3 August 2005 (Deposed in a coup)	20 years, 234 days	Military / PRDS	Himself Boubacar Khouna Guig Khouna M'Bareck
6		Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953–2017)	—	3 August 2005	19 April 2007	1 year, 259 days	Military (Sûreté Nationale)	Boubacar
7		Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938–2020)	2007	19 April 2007	6 August 2008 (Deposed in a coup)	1 year, 109 days	Independent	Zeidane Waghef
8		Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956)	—	6 August 2008	15 April 2009	252 days	Military	Laghdaf
–		Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)^[b]	—	15 April 2009	5 August 2009	112 days	Independent	Laghdaf
(8)		Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956)	2009 2014	5 August 2009	1 August 2019	9 years, 361 days	UPR	Laghdaf Hademine Béchir
9		Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956)	2019 2024	1 August 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 165 days	UPR	Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay
		Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (born 1956)	2019 2024	1 August 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 165 days	El Insaf^[c]	Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay

Timeline

Latest election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani	El Insaf	554,956	56.12
	Biram Dah Abeid	Democratic Alternation Pole	218,546	22.10
	Hamadi Sid’El Moctar Mohamed Abdi	National Rally for Reform and Development	126,340	12.78
	El Id Mohameden M’Bareck	Republican Front for Unity and Democracy	35,288	3.57
	Mamadou Bocar Ba	Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal	23,617	2.39
	Outouma Antoine Souleimane Soumaré	Independent	20,360	2.06
	Mohamed Lemine El Mourteji El Wavi	Independent	9,722	0.98
Total			988,829	100.00

Valid votes			988,829	92.05
Invalid votes			53,787	5.01
Blank votes			31,608	2.94
Total votes			1,074,224	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,939,344	55.39
Source: National Independent Election Commission^[7]

Notes

^ Resigned in the aftermath of the 1979 coup d'état.^[6]
^ Simultaneously served as the President of the Senate. The first black leader of Mauritania.
^ Founded in 2022.