Post: | Prime Minister |
Body: | the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
Native Name: | الوزير الأول للجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية Premier Ministre de la République Islamique de la Mauritanie |
Insignia: | Seal of Mauritania (2018).svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of Mauritania |
Incumbent: | Mokhtar Ould Djay |
Incumbentsince: | 2 August 2024 |
Appointer: | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, |
Termlength: | None |
Formation: | 28 November 1960 |
Inaugural: | Moktar Ould Daddah |
This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day.
A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritania (not counting one Acting Prime Minister). Additionally, four persons, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar and Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister of Mauritania is Mokhtar Ould Djay, since 2 August 2024.[1]