List of heads of state of Mauritania
| President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania | |
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| Residence | Presidential Palace, Nouakchott |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Moktar Ould Daddah |
| Formation | 20 August 1961 |
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The following is a list of heads of state of Mauritania, since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
List of Heads of State of Mauritania
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
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| Islamic Republic of Mauritania | Independence from France | |||
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| 28 November 1960 to 20 August 1961 |  | Moktar Ould Daddah, acting Head of State | PRM/PPM | |
| 20 August 1961 to 10 July 1978 | Moktar Ould Daddah, President | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
| 10 July 1978 to 20 March 1979 | Mustafa Ould Salek, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery | Mil | ||
| 20 March 1979 to 6 April 1979 | Mustafa Ould Salek, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery | |||
| 6 April 1979 to 3 June 1979 | Mustafa Ould Salek, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Reduced to a figurehead after a coup d'état; Resigned | ||
| 3 June 1979 to 4 January 1980 | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil | Deposed in a coup d'état | |
| 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984 |  | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil | Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 12 December 1984 to 18 April 1992 |  | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil | |
| 18 April 1992 to 3 August 2005 | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President | PRDS | Deposed in a coup d'état | |
| 3 August 2005 to 19 April 2007 | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy | Mil | Step down after the 2007 presidential election | |
| 19 April 2007 to 6 August 2008 |  | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, President | n-p | Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 6 August 2008 to 15 April 2009 | .jpg) | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the High Council of State | Mil | 1st Term; Resigned in order to stand as a candidate in the 2009 presidential election |
| 15 April 2009 to 5 August 2009 | Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Acting President | n-p | President of the Senate. The first black leader of Mauritania | |
| 5 August 2009 to Present | | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President | UPR | 2nd Term |
Affiliations
| PPM | Partie des Personnes de Mauritanian (Mauritanian People's Party) to 1961 PRM - authoritarian |
| PRDS | Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social (Social and Democratic Republican Party) authoritarian |
| PRM | Parti de Rassemblement Mauritian (Mauritanian Regroupment Party) 1958-1961 PPM |
| UPM | Union Progressive Mauritanian (Mauritanian Progressive Union) from 1958 PRM |
| ADIL | National Pact for Democracy and Development |
| UPR | Union for the Republic |
| Mil | Military |
| n-p | non-partisan |
Latest election
Main article: Mauritanian presidential election, 2014
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Union for the Republic | 577,995 | 81.89 |
| Biram Dah Abeid | Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement | 61,218 | 8.67 |
| Boïdiel Ould Houmeit | El Wiam | 31,773 | 4.50 |
| Ibrahima Moctar Sarr | Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal | 31,368 | 4.44 |
| Laila Maryam Mint Moulaye Idriss | Independent | 3,434 | 0.49 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 44,077 | – | |
| Total | 749,865 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,328,168 | 56.46 | |
| Source: CENI | |||
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