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Mauritania: offices and people
Mauritania: offices and peopleExplore recorded offices, the people who held them and their institutional connections.
Coverage is partial. “Reported current” reflects source records and may be out of date. Connections show cited institutional relationships; they do not establish a reporting hierarchy.
33 of 33 offices match
Head of state
President of Mauritania
About this grouping
Grouped from a recorded national leadership term.
Recorded relationships
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
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Metadata retrieved 17 Oct 2026.
People and tenure
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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Reported current1 Aug 2019 – End unknown
Mauritanian retired general and politician; President of Mauritania (2019–present)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Source marks this term current; not independently verified
- Start: 1 Aug 2019
Portrait: Attribution (opens in a new tab) · European Union
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
Historical15 Apr 2009 – 5 Aug 2009
Mauritanian politician
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 15 Apr 2009
- End: 5 Aug 2009
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Historical5 Aug 2009 – 1 Aug 2019
President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 5 Aug 2009
- End: 1 Aug 2019
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Office of the White House (Amanda Lucidon)
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Historical6 Aug 2008 – 15 Apr 2009
President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 6 Aug 2008
- End: 15 Apr 2009
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Office of the White House (Amanda Lucidon)
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Historical19 Apr 2007 – 6 Aug 2008
Mauritanian politician (1938–2020)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 19 Apr 2007
- End: 6 Aug 2008
Portrait: CC BY 3.0 br (opens in a new tab) · Marcello Casal Jr./Abr
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Historical3 Aug 2005 – 19 Apr 2007
Mauritanian President (1953-2017)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 3 Aug 2005
- End: 19 Apr 2007
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Denis Closon / European Communities, 2006 / EC - Audiovisual Service
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Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Historical12 Dec 1984 – 3 Aug 2005
President of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 12 Dec 1984
- End: 3 Aug 2005
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · VOA News
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Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
Historical4 Jan 1980 – 12 Dec 1984
former head of state of Mauritania
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 4 Jan 1980
- End: 12 Dec 1984
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · EC/Christian Lambiotte
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
Historical3 Jun 1979 – 4 Jan 1980
President of Mauritania (1943-2019)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 3 Jun 1979
- End: 4 Jan 1980
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Voice of America
Mustafa Ould Salek
Historical10 Jul 1978 – 3 Jun 1979
Mauritanian politician (1936–2012)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 10 Jul 1978
- End: 3 Jun 1979
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Unknown authorUnknown author
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Moktar Ould Daddah
Historical28 Nov 1960 – 10 Jul 1978
President of Mauritania from 1960 to 1978
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 28 Nov 1960
- End: 10 Jul 1978
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · European Communities, 1978 / EC - Audiovisual Service
Ba Mamadou Mbaré
HistoricalDates unknown
Mauritanian politician
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
Sources and coverage
Office and term sources are linked in each record. Portraits link to their Wikimedia Commons file pages with the available licence and attribution.
Coverage notes (3)
- Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster.
- Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain.
- Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.