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| Residence | Presidential Palace |
| Seat | Nouakchott |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Mauritania (1991) |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 20 August 1961; 64 years ago (1961-08-20) |
| Salary | US$300,000 annually[1][2] |
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This is a list ofheads of state ofMauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of nine 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 PresidentMohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019.[3][4]
As of 2024, there is a two-term limit for the president in theConstitution of Mauritania. The first president who adhered to the term limits wasMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2019.[5]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 |  | Moktar Ould Daddah (1924–2003) | 1961 1966 1971 1976 | 28 November 1960 | 10 July 1978 (Deposed in a coup) | 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 in a coup) | 215 days | Military | Haidalla | |
| 4 | .jpg) | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (born 1940) | — | 4 January 1980 | 12 December 1984 (Deposed in a coup) | 4 years, 343 days | Military | Himself Bneijara Taya Himself | |
| 5 | .jpg) | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born 1941) | 1992 1997 2003 | 12 December 1984 | 3 August 2005 (Deposed in a coup) | 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 in a coup) | 1 year, 109 days | Independent | Zeidane Waghef | |
| ADIL[b] | |||||||||
| 8 | .jpg) | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (born 1956) | — | 6 August 2008 | 15 April 2009 | 252 days | Military (BASEP) | Laghdaf | |
| – |  | Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946–2013)[c] | — | 15 April 2009 | 5 August 2009 | 112 days | Independent | Laghdaf | |
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| (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 | 6 years, 118 days | UPR | Béchir Sidiya Bilal Djay | |
| El Insaf[e] | |||||||||
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani | El Insaf | 554,956 | 56.12 | |
| Biram Dah Abeid | Democratic Alternation Pole | 218,546 | 22.10 | |
| Hamadi Sid’El Moctar Mohamed Abdi | National Rally for Reform and Development | 126,340 | 12.78 | |
| El Id Mohameden M’Bareck | Republican Front for Unity and Democracy | 35,288 | 3.57 | |
| Mamadou Bocar Ba | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 23,617 | 2.39 | |
| Outouma Antoine Souleimane Soumaré | Independent | 20,360 | 2.06 | |
| Mohamed Lemine El Mourteji El Wavi | Independent | 9,722 | 0.98 | |
| Total | 988,829 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 988,829 | 92.05 | ||
| Invalid votes | 53,787 | 5.01 | ||
| Blank votes | 31,608 | 2.94 | ||
| Total votes | 1,074,224 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,939,344 | 55.39 | ||
| Source:National Independent Election Commission[9] | ||||
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