Leaders

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Who leads Mauritania? Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

President — Mauritania

Record & power

Record score	58
Power score	48

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

Delivered GTA gas first production with Senegal (bp/Kosmos, 2.3–2.4 mtpa Phase 1); kept Mauritania stable in a coup-hit Sahel; AU chairmanship raised profile.
GTA gas (with Senegal, producing); BirAllah gas; Nouadhibou port; iron ore (SNIM) expansion.
Slavery persists per the 2023 UN report despite criminalization; press restrictions; racial discrimination grievances criminalized rather than addressed.
EU migration partnership; US security cooperation; Gulf investment; Senegal gas partnership; balanced ties with AES neighbors.

Other leaders

Milojko Spajić Nyam-Osoryn Uchral Daniel Chapo Navin Ramgoolam Peter Mutharika Anwar Ibrahim

Mauritania Rankings

Across the Bureau

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