List of heads of state of Mauritania
List
Table:
No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure	Elected	Political affiliation	Prime Minister(s)

Took office	Left office	Time in office

1	Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003)	-	28 November 1960	10 July 1978 (deposed.)	17 years, 224 days	1961 1966 1971 1976	PRM / PPM	Himself

2	Mustafa Ould Salek (1936–2012)	-	10 July 1978	3 June 1979 (resigned.)	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 (1940–)	-	4 January 1980	12 December 1984 (deposed.)	4 years, 343 days	–	Military	Himself Bneijara Taya Himself

5	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941–)	-	12 December 1984	3 August 2005 (deposed.)	20 years, 234 days	1992 1997 2003	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–)	-	19 April 2007	6 August 2008 (deposed.)	1 year, 109 days	2007	Independent	Zeidane Waghef

8	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–)	-	6 August 2008	15 April 2009	252 days	–	Military	Laghdaf

–	Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)	-	15 April 2009	5 August 2009	112 days	–	Independent	Laghdaf

(8)	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956–)	-	5 August 2009	Incumbent	9 years, 233 days	2009 2014	UPR	Laghdaf Hademine Béchir

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