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Mauritania

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 421 entities connected with Mauritania. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Mauritania. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Mauritania

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Mauritania.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 281 entities identified as PEPs connected with Mauritania.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
Prime Minister2--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Commissioner for Human Rights, Humanitarian Action, and Relations with Civil Society--1
Food Security Commissioner of Mauritania--1
General Representative for National Solidarity and Anti-Exclusion--1
Government Spokesperson of Mauritania-11
Minister of Agriculture-2-
Minister of Agriculture & Food Sovereignty1--
Minister of Children & Families1--
Minister of Civil Service & Labor1--
Minister of Culture, Arts, Communication, & Relations With Parliament1--
Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports and Relations with Parliament-2-
Minister of Defense & Veterans Affairs & Martyrs’ Families1--
Minister of Digital Transformation & Modernization of the Administration1--
Minister of Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Modernisation of Administration-2-
Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sectors-1-
Minister of Economy & Finance1--
Minister of Education & Teaching Reform1--
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training-2-
Minister of Energy & Oil1--
Minister of Environment & Sustainable Development1--
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development-11
Minister of Equipement and Transports-2-
Minister of Equipment and Transport1--
Minister of Estates, State Property, & Land Reform1--
Minister of Fisheries, Maritime, & Port Infrastructure1--
Minister of Fishing and Maritime Economy-1-
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, & Mauritanians Abroad1--
Minister of Health112
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research1--
Minister of Hydraulics & Sanitation1--
Minister of Interior, Decentralization, & Local Development1--
Minister of Islamic Affairs & Original Education1--
Minister of Islamic Affairs and Original Education--1
Minister of Justice1-1
Minister of Land Reform, Housing, & Urban Planning1--
Minister of Livestock13-
Minister of Mines & Industry1--
Minister of National Defense--1
Minister of Public Service and Labor-21
Minister of the Interior and Decentralisation--1
Minister of Trade & Tourism1--
Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism--1
Minister of Vocational Training, Crafts, & Trades1--
Minister of Water and Sanitation-1-
Minister of Youth, Sports, & Civil Service1--
Minister Secretary-General of Government-2-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Assembly--147
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania--1
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of East Germany to Mauritania--1
ambassador of France to Mauritania-22
ambassador of Germany to Mauritania-5-
ambassador of Spain to Mauritania-21
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mauritania-61
Ambassador to the US1--

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad-13
Member of the National Assembly of Mauritania-12
Minister of Finance--3
Minister of National Education and Reform of Education System-3-
Minister Counsellor at the Presidency of the Republic-2-
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic-2-
Prime Minister of Mauritania-11
Member of the Assembly of Senators of Mauritania--1
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research-1-
Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Land Planning--1
Ministre des Affaires étrangères, de la Coopération africain et des Mauritaniens à l'étranger de la République islamique de Mauritanie1--
Premier Ministre de la République islamique de Mauritanie1--
President of Mauritania--1
Président de la République islamique de Mauritanie1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...