President of Mauritania

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The President of Mauritania is the country’s head of state and executive leader, responsible for guiding national policy, representing Mauritania internationally, and overseeing the functioning of government institutions.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive office ⓘ
head of state office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
appointedBy voters of Mauritania ⓘ
coatOfArmsAssociatedWith Emblem of Mauritania ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ
country Mauritania ⓘ
countryCapital Nouakchott ⓘ
currentHolder Mohamed Ould Ghazouani ⓘ
currentHolderAssumedOffice 1 August 2019 ⓘ
electorate citizens of Mauritania ⓘ
firstHolder Moktar Ould Daddah ⓘ
flagAssociatedWith Flag of Mauritania ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Mauritania ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Armed Forces of Mauritania ⓘ
Government of Mauritania ⓘ
nativeLabel Président de la Mauritanie ⓘ
رئيس موريتانيا ⓘ
nativeLabelLanguage Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
officeCreated 1960 ⓘ
officeCreatedOnEvent independence of Mauritania from France ⓘ
officeHoldersLocatedIn Mauritania ⓘ
participatesIn African Union summits ⓘ
Arab League summits ⓘ
G5 Sahel cooperation ⓘ
linked to: G5 Sahel

foreign relations of Mauritania ⓘ
residence Presidential Palace in Nouakchott ⓘ
responsibility appointing members of the Government of Mauritania on proposal of the Prime Minister ⓘ
appointing the Prime Minister of Mauritania ⓘ
can submit bills to the Parliament of Mauritania ⓘ
ensuring implementation of laws in Mauritania ⓘ
guiding national policy of Mauritania ⓘ
may call referendums in Mauritania under constitutional conditions ⓘ
may declare a state of emergency under constitutional conditions ⓘ
may dissolve the National Assembly of Mauritania under constitutional conditions ⓘ
overseeing the functioning of government institutions in Mauritania ⓘ
presiding over the Council of Ministers of Mauritania ⓘ
promulgating laws in Mauritania ⓘ
representing Mauritania internationally ⓘ
signing and ratifying international treaties of Mauritania ⓘ
role commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Mauritania ⓘ
head of government of Mauritania ⓘ
head of state of Mauritania ⓘ
seat Nouakchott ⓘ
selectionMethod direct popular vote ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewal renewable once consecutively under current constitution ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Assembly of Mauritania → canDissolveBy → President of Mauritania ⓘ
Parliament of Mauritania → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Mauritania ⓘ
President of Mauritania → nativeLabel → Président de la Mauritanie ⓘ
linked to: President of Mauritania
Constitution of Mauritania → establishesOffice → President of Mauritania ⓘ
Government of Mauritania → executivePowerExercisedBy → President of Mauritania ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) → headOfStateTitle → President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: President of Mauritania