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

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.

List of officeholders [ change | change source ]

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. ) [a]	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 Mbare
13		Yahya Ould Hademine (1953?)	20 August 2014	29 October 2018	4 years, 70 days	Independent	Aziz
14		Mohamed Salem Ould Bechir (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, 288 days	UPR	Ghazouani

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• World Statesmen ? Mauritania