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)

Term	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
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

See also:-

• Heads of Government of Mauritania
• Colonial Heads of Mauritania
• Lists of incumbents