# List of ambassadors of Mauritania to the United States

The Mauritanian ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government of Mauritania to the Government of the United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of presidents of Mauritania | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
| April 21, 1961 | May 16, 1961 | Souleymane Ould Cheikh Sidya | Mauritanian diplomat and politician b. c. 24. | Moktar Ould Daddah | John F. Kennedy | |
| May 16, 1961 | | | EMBASSY OPENED | Moktar Ould Daddah | John F. Kennedy | |
| April 6, 1964 | May 6, 1964 | Ahmed Baba Miské | | Moktar Ould Daddah | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| July 28, 1966 | August 9, 1966 | Abdallahi Ould Daddati | | Moktar Ould Daddah | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| June 7, 1967 | | | SEVERED RELATIONS. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| December 22, 1969 | | | RESUMED RELATIONS – Chancery opened at 2129 Leroy Place, N.W. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| December 22, 1969 | | Abdou Hacheme | Chargé d'affaires, Né le 28 janvier 1941 à Boutilimit - Faculté de droit de Paris - 2ème secrétaire à la mission Permanente de la RIM auprès de l'ONU depuis septembre 1968. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| June 8, 1970 | | Sidi Ahmed Ould Taya | Sidi Ahmed Ould Taya's Credentials ceremony scheduled, however appointment never kept; Taya returned to NY and his UN post. On March 25, 2008, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who had served in Taya's cabinet, took 53% of the vote in the second round, defeating opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| April 14, 1971 | | Mohamed El Moctar Bal | Chargé d'affaires, in 1979 he was Chargé d'affaires in Vienna. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| August 23, 1971 | | M'Bareck Ould Bouna Moktar | Chargé d'affaires. In 2004, he was Ambassador in Kinshasa. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| December 17, 1971 | February 6, 1971 | Moulaye el Hassan Ould Moktar | | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| February 22, 1973 | March 2, 1973 | Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah | | Moktar Ould Daddah | Richard Nixon | |
| May 18, 1976 | | Mohamed Saïd Hamody | Chargé d'affaires (Maroc dans la soirée du August 20, 2015). | Moktar Ould Daddah | Gerald Ford | |
| June 16, 1976 | July 9, 1976 | Mohamed Nassim Kochman | | Moktar Ould Daddah | Gerald Ford | |
| August 19, 1978 | | Moktar Ould Haye | Chargé d'affaires. | Moktar Ould Daddah | Jimmy Carter | |
| January 8, 1979 | February 26, 1979 | Sidi Bouna Ould Sidi | | Mustafa Ould Salek | Jimmy Carter | |
| October 20, 1980 | November 24, 1980 | Abdallah Ould Daddah | | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla | Jimmy Carter | |
| March 13, 1992 | April 2, 1992 | Mohamed Fall Ainina | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | George H. W. Bush | |
| September 20, 1994 | November 21, 1994 | Ismail Ould Iyahi | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Bill Clinton | |
| June 11, 1996 | July 29, 1996 | Bilal Ould Werzeg | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Bill Clinton | |
| June 11, 1997 | September 8, 1997 | Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Bill Clinton | |
| June 6, 1999 | August 10, 1999 | Ahmed Ould Khalifa Ould Jiddou | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Bill Clinton | |
| September 25, 2000 | October 19, 2000 | Mohamed Said Ould Hamody | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Bill Clinton | |
| November 26, 2001 | December 12, 2001 | Mohamedou Ould Michel | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | George W. Bush | |
| June 18, 2004 | July 15, 2004 | Tijani Ould Kerim | | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | George W. Bush | |
| September 12, 2007 | September 18, 2007 | Ibrahima Dia | | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi | George W. Bush | |
| July 28, 2010 | August 10, 2010 | Mohamed Lemine El Haycen | Born in 1954 in Nouadhibou. | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Barack Obama | |
| | June 27, 2016 | Mohameden Ould Daddah | April 29, 2015, he was accredited in Brussels. | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Barack Obama | |
| | 2019 | Ba Samba | | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. | Donald J. Trump. | . |
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