List of heads of state of Mauritania

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**Summary of the 11 March and 25 March 2007 Mauritanian presidential election results**
Candidates – Parties	1st round		2nd round
Candidates – Parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi	183,726	24.80	373,520	52.85
Ahmed Ould Daddah – Rally of Democratic Forces	153,252	20.69	333,185	47.15
Zeine Ould Zeidane	113,182	15.28
Messaoud Ould Boulkheir – Popular Alliance for Progress	72,493	9.79
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr	58,878	7.95
Saleh Ould Hanenna – Mauritanian Party of Union and Change	56,700	7.65
Mohamed Ould Maouloud – Union of the Forces of Progress	30,254	4.08
Dahane Ould Ahmed Mahmoud	15,326	2.07
Mohamed Ould Cheikhna	14,200	1.92
Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla	12,813	1.73
Ethmane Ould Cheikh Ebi El Maali	10,868	1.47
Ba Mamadou Alassane – Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice	4,076	0.55
Mohamed Ahmed Ould Baba Ahmed Ould Salihi	2,779	0.38
Moulaye El Hacen Ould Jeid – Mauritanian Party for Renewal and Concord	2,535	0.34
Chbih Ould Cheikh Malainine	2,111	0.28
Rajel dit Rachid Moustapha – Mauritanian Party for Renewal	1,977	0.27
Sidi Ould Isselmou Ould Mohamed Ahid	1,784	0.24
Isselmou Ould El Moustapha – Party of Democratic Convergence	1,779	0.24
Mohamed Ould Mohamed El Moctar Ould Tomi	1,465	0.20
Mohamed Ould Ghoulam Ould Sidaty	652	0.09
Total valid votes	740,850	100.0	706,705	100.00
Total valid poll(turnout 70.2 %/67.4 )	794,979		764,045
Sources: African Elections, African Press Agency

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term	Incumbent	Affiliation
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 3 August 2005	Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, President	PRDS
3 August 2005 to 19 April 2007	Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy	Mil
19 April 2007 to present	Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, President	n-p


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) authoritarian
PRM	Parti Rassemblement Mauritian (Mauritanian Gathering Party) 1958-1961 PPM
UPM	Union Progressive Mauritanian (Mauritanian Progressive Union) from 1958 PRM
ADIL	National Pact for Democracy and Development
Mil	Military
n-p	non-partisan
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