List of Prime Ministers of Mauritania
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List of Prime Ministers of Mauritania

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No.	Prime Minister (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure	Political affiliation	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	Incumbent	141 days	UPR	Aziz

Sentence(s)

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) was prime minister of Mauritania from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2007.

final_sentence: Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (born 1957) was prime minister of Mauritania from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2007.