Heads of State of Mauritania
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This page contains a list of Presidents and Heads of State of Mauritania
See also lists of incumbents
List of Heads of State of Mauritania
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, estd.1992) - authoritarian
PRM = Parti Rassemblement Mauritian (Mauritanian Gathering Party, 1958-1961 PPM)
UPM = Union Progressive Mauritanian Mauritian (Mauritanian Progressive Union, from 1958 PRM)
Mil = Military
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| 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, Head of State | PRM/PPM |
| 10 July 1978 to 20 March 1979 | Moktar Ould Daddah, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery | Mil |
| 20 March 1979 to 6 April 1979 | Moktar Ould Daddah, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery | Mil |
| 6 April 1979 to 3 June 1979 | Mustafa Ould Salek, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil |
| 3 June 1979 to 4 January 1980 | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil |
| 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984 | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation | Mil |
| 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 present | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President | PRDS |
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