Ruler · 1956 – present

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Born 1956, living; politician, military personnel. President of Mauritania (Mauritania), 2019 – ….

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1956; living
Lines: 1; Mauritania
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Mauritania

Mauritania · the 10th of 10 dated reigns · 1960 – 2019

6 before

Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi2007 – 2008

Ba Mamadou Mbaré2009

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz2009 – 2019

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani2019 – …

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 2019 – present · in office since 2019 · came to it aged 63

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

At that time a close ally of his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, he was elected president of Mauritania on 22 June 2019 following the 2019 presidential election.

On 15 March he resigned as defense minister to pursue his presidential ambition.

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