Ministry Details
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President

Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi won run-off elections in March 2007 to become Mauritania's first democratically elected president since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
Mr Abdallahi vowed during his campaign that remaining cases of slavery would be severely punished, and that former slaves and their descendants would benefit from positive discrimination.

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Goverment Ministers

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Parliament

Consists of the National Assembly and the Senate. There are 12 political regions.

The government is formed by the PRDS

The government of Mauritania has been civilian since Taya's election victory in January 1992. Registration of 15 political parties took place in 1991, with six candidates standing for the January election. Unrest followed and the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM) resumed its struggle.

Until 2005, Mauritania was a one party dominant state with the Democratic and Social Republican Party, now the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal in power.

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Political Parties

- Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal (Parti Républicain Démocratique et Renouvellement)
- Rally for Democracy and Unity (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et l'Unité)
- Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)
- Rally of Democratic Forces (Regroupement des Forces Démocratiques)
- Action for Change (Action for Change)
- Union of Progress Forces (Union des Forces du Progrès)
- People's Front (Front Populaire)
- Union of Democratic Forces (Union des Forces Démocratiques)

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