2018 in Mauritania
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Events in the year 2018 in Mauritania.
Incumbents
- President: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
- Prime Minister: Yahya Ould Hademine (until 29 October); Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (from 30 October)
Events
- 1 and 15 September – 2018 Mauritanian parliamentary election
- 30 October – Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir took over as prime minister, following the resignation of his predecessor, Yahya Ould Hademine, and his government
Deaths
- 15 January – Moussa Diagana, writer (b. 1946).[1]
- 17 July – Murabit al-Hajj, Islamic cleric and scholar (b. c.1913).[2]
- 11 September – Cheikhna Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister.[3]
