Mauritania
12 May 1903 French protectorate of Mauritania (Protectorat de
Mauritanie).
18 Oct 1904 French civil territory of Mauritania (Territoire
civil de la Mauritanie)(part of French West
Africa; see Senegal).
12 Jan 1920 French colony (Colonie de la Mauritanie).
16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov 1942 Administration loyal to Vichy France (from 23 Nov
1942 [under Darlan to 24 Dec 1942], Free French).
27 Oct 1946 Mauritania overseas territory of France.
28 Nov 1958 Autonomy (Islamic Republic of Mauritania [al-
Jumhuriyya al-Islamiyya al-Muritaniyya/République
Islamique de Mauritanie]).
28 Nov 1958 - 28 Nov 1960 Member of the Communauté (French Community).
28 Nov 1960 Independence from France.
20 Dec 1975 - 11 Aug 1979 Annexes southwestern Western Sahara (as wilaya
of Tiris al-Gharbiyya).
4 Mar 1968 Arabic and French are designated official languages
in accordance with a constitutional law.
Dec 1980 Arabic is designated official language (Poular,
Soninke, and Wolof also designated national
languages since 1991).
Commandant and Delegate
12 May 1903 - Nov 1904 Xavier Coppolani (b. 1866 - d. 1905)
Commissioners
Nov 1904 - 12 May 1905 Xavier Coppolani (s.a.)
12 May 1905 - 27 May 1905 Louis Frèrejean (acting) (b. 1862 - d. 1917)
27 May 1905 - Nov 1907 Bernard Laurent Montané-Capdebosq (b. 1862 - d. 1921)
Nov 1907 - 1909 Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud (b. 1867 - d. 1946)
1909 Henri Édouard Claudel (acting) (b. 1871 - d. 1956)
1909 - Dec 1909 Marie Jacques Charles Aubert (b. 1849 - d. 1915)
(acting)
1 Jan 1910 - 1 Mar 1912 Henri Hippolyte Patey (b. 1867 - d. 1957)
1 Mar 1912 - 25 May 1914 Charles Paul Isidore Mouret (b. 1871 - d. 1914)
May 1914 - 20 Nov 1916 Louis Jules Albert Obissier (b. 1868 - d. 1916)
20 Nov 1916 - 11 Dec 1920 Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden (b. 1867 - d. 1939)
Lieutenant governors
11 Dec 1920 - 9 Nov 1926 Nicolas Jules Henri Gaden (s.a.)
9 Nov 1926 - 13 Jan 1928 Albéric Auguste Fournier (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
13 Jan 1928 - 21 Nov 1929 Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
21 Nov 1929 - 19 Jun 1931 René Héctor Émile Chazal
19 Jun 1931 - 22 Jun 1933 Gabriel Omer Descemet (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1961)
(acting)
22 Jun 1933 - 7 Apr 1934 Louis Jean François Antonin (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
(acting)
7 Apr 1934 - 5 Jul 1934 Gabriel Omer Descemet (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jul 1934 - Aug 1934 Adolphe Deitte (b. 1879 - d. 1949)
Aug 1934 - 1 Nov 1934 Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
(1st time) (acting)
1 Nov 1934 - 15 Apr 1935 Richard Edmond Maurice Édouard (b. 1883 - d. 1958)
Brunot
15 Apr 1935 - 10 Nov 1935 Jean-Baptiste Victor Chazelas (s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
10 Nov 1935 - 1 Sep 1936 Jules Marcel de Coppet (b. 1881 - d. 1968)
1 Sep 1936 - 24 Oct 1936 Jean Louis Beyries (1st time) (b. 1887 - d. 1974)
(acting)
24 Oct 1936 - 7 Aug 1938 Oswald Durand (b. 1888 - d. 1982)
7 Aug 1938 - Nov 1938 Charles André Dumas (acting)
Nov 1938 - 4 May 1944 Jean-Louis Beyries (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 28 Aug 1941)
Apr 1942 - May 1944 Jean Victor Louis Joseph Chalvet (b. 1893 - d. 1975)
(acting for Beyries)
4 May 1944 - 31 Jul 1945 Christian Robert Roger Laigret (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
31 Jul 1945 - 30 Apr 1946 Marie Joseph René Babin (acting) (b. 1896 - d. 1970)
30 Apr 1946 - 19 Jul 1947 Georges Poirier (acting) (b. 1894 - d. 19..)
19 Jul 1947 - 31 Dec 1947 Lucien Eugène Geay (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1976)
31 Dec 1947 - 7 Aug 1949 Henry Jean Marie de Mauduit (b. 1897 - d. 1975)
7 Aug 1949 - 27 Sep 1950 Édouard Louis Terrac (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1956)
27 Sep 1950 - 25 Apr 1952 Jacques Camille Marie Rogué (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
25 Apr 1952 - 6 Apr 1954 Pierre Messmer (b. 1916 - d. 2007)
(acting to 23 Feb 1953)
6 Apr 1954 - 23 Jun 1955 Albert Jean Mouragues (1st time) (b. 1908 - d. 1978)
23 Jun 1955 - 14 May 1956 Jean Paul Parisot (b. 1901 - d. 1958)
14 May 1956 - 5 Oct 1958 Albert Jean Mouragues (2nd time) (s.a.)
High Commissioners
5 Oct 1958 - Feb 1959 Henri Joseph Marie Bernard (b. 1920 - d. 2000)
Feb 1959 - 28 Nov 1960 Amédée Joseph Émile Jean Pierre (b. 1913 - d. 1996)
Anthonioz
President
28 Nov 1960 - 10 Jul 1978 Moktar Ould Daddah (b. 1924 - d. 2003) PRM;1961 PPM
(prime Minister acting to 25 Sep 1961)
President of the Military Committee of National Restoration
10 Jul 1978 - 6 Apr 1979 Mustafa Ould Salek (b. 1936 - d. 2012) Mil
Presidents of the Military Committee for National Salvation, Heads of State
6 Apr 1979 - 3 Jun 1979 Mustafa Ould Salek (s.a.) Mil
3 Jun 1979 - 4 Jan 1980 Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (b. 1943 - d. 2019) Mil
4 Jan 1980 - 12 Dec 1984 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (b. 1940) Mil
12 Dec 1984 - 18 Apr 1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (b. 1941) Mil
President
18 Apr 1992 - 3 Aug 2005 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (s.a.) PRDS
President of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
3 Aug 2005 - 19 Apr 2007 Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (b. 1953 - d. 2017) Mil
President
19 Apr 2007 - 6 Aug 2008 Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (b. 1938 - d. 2020) Non-party
President of the High Council of State, Head of State
6 Aug 2008 - 15 Apr 2009 Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz (b. 1956) Mil
Presidents
15 Apr 2009 - 5 Aug 2009 Ba Mamadou dit M'Baré (interim) (b. 1946 - d. 2013) Non-party
5 Aug 2009 - 1 Aug 2019 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (s.a.) UPR
14 Oct 2012 - 24 Nov 2012 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (b. 1957) Non-party
(acting for Abdel Aziz)
1 Aug 2019 - Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed (b. 1956) UPR:2022 PE
Ould Ghazouani
Vice President of the Government Council
21 May 1957 - 31 Jul 1958 Moktar Ould Daddah (s.a.) UPM;1958 PRM
President of the Council of Government
31 Jul 1958 - 23 Jun 1959 Moktar Ould Daddah (s.a.) PRM
Prime ministers
23 Jun 1959 - 25 Sep 1961 Moktar Ould Daddah (s.a.) PRM;1960 PPM
25 Sep 1961 - 6 Apr 1979 Post abolished
6 Apr 1979 - 27 May 1979 Ahmed Ould Bouceif (b. 1934 - d. 1979) Mil
28 May 1979 - 31 May 1979 Ahmed Salim Ould Sidi (acting) (b. 1939 - d. 1981) Mil
31 May 1979 - 12 Dec 1980 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (s.a.) Mil
(1st time)
12 Dec 1980 - 25 Apr 1981 Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (b. 1947 - d. 2017) Non-party
25 Apr 1981 - 8 Mar 1984 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (s.a.) Mil
(1st time)
8 Mar 1984 - 12 Dec 1984 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (s.a.) Mil
(2nd time)
12 Dec 1984 - 18 Apr 1992 Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (s.a.) Mil
(2nd time)
18 Apr 1992 - 2 Jan 1996 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (b. 1957) PRDS
(1st time)
2 Jan 1996 - 18 Dec 1997 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (b. 1956) PRDS
(1st time)
18 Dec 1997 - 16 Nov 1998 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (b. 1958) PRDS
16 Nov 1998 - 6 Jul 2003 Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (s.a.) PRDS
(2nd time)
6 Jul 2003 - 7 Aug 2005 Sghair Ould M'Bareck (b. 1954) PRDS
7 Aug 2005 - 20 Apr 2006 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (s.a.) PRDS
(2nd time)
20 Apr 2007 - 6 May 2008 Zeine Ould Zeidane (b. 1966) Non-party
6 May 2008 - 6 Aug 2008 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (b. 1960) PNDD
6 Aug 2008 - 14 Aug 2008 Vacant
14 Aug 2008 - 20 Aug 2014 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (s.a.) Non-party
20 Aug 2014 - 29 Oct 2018 Yahya Ould Hademine (b. 1953) Non-party
29 Oct 2018 - 5 Aug 2019 Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (b. 1962) UPR
5 Aug 2019 - 6 Aug 2020 Ismaïl Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh (b. 1961) UPR
Sidiya
6 Aug 2020 - 5 Aug 2024 Mohamed Ould Bilal (b. 1963) UPR;2022 PE
5 Aug 2024 - Moktar Ould Diay (b. 1973) PE
Territorial Dispute: Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara remain dormant.
Party abbreviations: PE = Parti de l'Équité/Hizb al-Insaf (Equity Party, populist, liberal conservative, center-right, former UPR, est.3 Jul 2022); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: PNDD = Pacte National pour la Démocratie et le Développement (National Pact for Democracy and Development, ADIL, pro-presidential, 2007-27 Dec 2019, merged into UPR); PPM = Parti du Peuple Mauritanien (Mauritanian People's Party, authoritarian, centralist, islamic socialist, Oct 1961-Jul 1978 only legal party, former PRM, 1960-1978); PRDS = Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social (Democratic and Social Republican Party, authoritarian, social democratic, 1991-2005 government party, 1991-2005, renamed PRDR - Parti Républicain pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau [Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal]); PRM = Parti de Regroupement Mauritanien (Mauritanian Gathering Party, nationalist, 1958-1961, merged into PPM); UPM = Union Progressiste Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Progressive Union, traditionalist, 1948-1958, merged into PRM); UPR = Union pour la République (Union for the Republic, centrist, populist, 5 May 2009-3 Jul 2022, renamed PE)
1443 Baía de Arguim sighted by Nuno Tristão of Portugal.
Captains (alcaide-mor)
1445 - 14.. João Fernandes
c.1455 - 146. Soeiro Mendes de Évora
1481/82 João Afonso
11 Jul 1492 - 10 Aug 1495 Afonso de Moura
1495/99 - 1501 Fernão Soares
1505 - 1508 Gonçalo da Fonseca
1508 - 1511 Francisco de Almada
1511 - 1514 Fernão Pinto
1514 Nov 1514 Pero Vaz de Almeida
Nov 1514 - 1517 Estêvão da Gama
1517 - 1521 António Portocarreiro
1521 1522 Gonçalo da Fonseca
1522 1525 Rui Cotrim
1525 1528 Lourenço de Paiva
1528 - 1532 Brás Gomes de Carvalhosa
Jan 1532 - 15.. Brás Correia Pantoja
1541 Francisco de Hevão ?
1543 João Gomes o Souro (Osouro)
1545 - 1547 Cristovão Falcão de Sousa (b. 1515/18 - 1553/37)
1547 - 1549 Gil Sardinha
1549/1550 Cristovão de Rosales
1551 Pedro Valdez Rosales
1569 Lionis da Gama
1575 João Leite Pereira
1576 Bráz Guedes de Carvalho ?
c.1577 Antonio de Carvalho
15.. - 15.. Antonio Pinto
c.1591 Belchior de Landim
1592 - 1628 João Gonçalves de Ataide, (b. 1560 - d. 1628)
conde de Atouguia
(captain-donatary)
16.. - 16.. Rodrigo Freire
.... - .... Aires Tavares and
.... - .... Fernando de Sande
1623 - 1624 Amador Louzado
1624 - 16.. Francisco Cordovil
162. - 1633 Abrão de Tovar
1628 - 1633 Luis de Ataide, conde de (d. 1639)
Atouguia (captain-donatary)
Governors
Feb 1633 - 1634 Abraham van (de) Pere
1634 - 16.. Daniel van (de) Pere
c.1634 Fouck (or Joas Koeck)
16.. - 29 Aug 1678 ....
29 Aug 1678 - Sep 1678 .... -French commander
Sep 1678 - 5 Oct 1685 abandoned
7 Oct 1685 - 1691 Cornelis Reers
1691 - 1694 Lambrecht de Hond
1694 - 1712 Jan Reers (1st time)
1700 - 1702 Christian Düring
(acting for Reers)
6 Jul 1712 - Dec 1716 Jan de Both Nicolaes (1st time)
Dec 1716 - 7 Mar 1721 Jan Wynen Bastiaens
7 Mar 1721 - 16 Oct 1721 Julien du Bellay Duval (d. 1721)
1721 Claude Bonneaventure le Riche
1721 - 11 Jan 1722 Jan de Both Nicolaes (2nd time)
(acting)
Jan 1722 - 20 Feb 1724 Jan Reers (2nd time)
Feb 1723 - 4 Jun 1723 Marion -French governor
(in opposition)
20 Feb 1724 - 7 Jan 1727 Louis Barthélemy de la Motte (d. 1727)
1727 - 5 May 1728 Claude Garcin
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