MAURITANIA Prime ministers Ahmed Ould Bouceif 1934-1979 Prime minister 1979 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1940 Primeminister 1979-80 Sid Ahmed Ould Benijara Prime minister 1980-81 Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya 1943 Primeminister 1981-84 Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla 1940 Primeminister 1984 Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya 1943 Primeminister 1984-92 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar 1945 Primeminister 1992-96 Cheikh El Afia Ould Mohamed Khouna 1956 Primeminister 1996-97 Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig Primeminister 1997-98 Cheikh El Afia Ould Mohamed Khouna 1956 Primeminister 1998-2003 Sghair Ould M'Bareck 1954 Primeminister 2003-05 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar 1945 Primeminister 2005-07 Zeine Ould Zeidane 1966 Primeminister 2007-08 Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef 1960 Primeminister 2008 Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf 1957 Primeminister 2008-