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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is, in theory, a presidential republic. Chief of state is the president, head of government is the prime minister.
On 11 March 2007, the first 'democratic' presidential elections since 1960 were held. The election marked the final transition from military to civilian rule following the military coup in 2005.
Until 2017 Mauritania had a bicameral legislature with a Senate and a National Assembly. The Senate was abolished in 2017 by a popular referendum.
The country has been ruled by a military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ since 2007. He became president in 2009 and remained in office from 2009 to 2019.
In August 2019, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was sworn in as Mauritania's tenth president.
In March 2021, a judge in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott charged former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and about ten other figures with corruption.
Government
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Primature Mauritania
Official site of the Prime Minister Office of Mauritania.
National Assembly of Mauritania
The country's National Assembly is the sole chamber of the legislature since 2017.
Ministère des affaires étrangères de la coopération et des Mauritaniens de l'Extérieur
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad.
Diplomatic Missions
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the UN
Mauritania Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Consulate of Mauritania
Consulate of Mauritania in Montreal, Canada (in French)
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in London
Embassy of Mauritania in the UK.
Statistics
Office National de la Statistique
The National Statistics Office (in French).