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[1][2]
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 eight 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 the President of the Republic Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019.

• 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

Political parties

Other factions

Status

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Prime minister(s)
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003)	1961 1966 1971 1976	28 November 1960	10 July 1978 (deposed)	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)	215 days	Military	Haidalla
4		Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940)	—	4 January 1980	12 December 1984 (deposed)	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)	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)	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, 118 days	UPR	Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay
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