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🇲🇷 Mauritania
Presidential republic
SystemPresidential republic
Head of statePresident Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Head of governmentPrime Minister Mokhtar Ould Djay
LegislatureNational Assembly · 176 seats
ElectionsElections are held and increasingly orderly · the 2019 vote brought the first peaceful transfer between elected presidents
Last election2024-06-29 · presidential election, re-electing Ghazouani
Next election2028 · parliamentary election due
Mauritania has become the Sahel's stability exception, avoiding the coups and insurgent losses of its eastern neighbours while hosting large refugee flows from Mali. Offshore gas production shared with Senegal began in 2025, raising revenue hopes. Rights groups continue to document descent-based slavery despite successive criminalisation laws, a defining social issue.
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