The High Council of State was the supreme political body of Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

. It served as the country's interim government

Politics of Mauritania

The first fully democratic Presidential election since 1960 occurred on 11 March 2007. The election was the final transfer from military to civilian rule following the military coup in 2005. This was the first time the president was selected by ballot in the country's history...

 following the coup d'etat

2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

A coup d'état took place in Mauritania on 6 August 2008 when Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.-Background:...

 which ousted the President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on August 6, 2008. It was led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is a Mauritanian politician, currently serving as President of Mauritania...

. After seizing power it quickly pledged to hold elections "in the shortest possible period". A few days after seizing power, Abdel Aziz named Mauritanian Ambassador to Belgium

Belgium

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 and the European Union

European Union

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, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf has served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania since August 2008.Laghdaf was born in Néma. An engineer and a member of the Tajakant tribe, he became Mauritania's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in 2006 before being appointed as Prime Minister by junta...

, as Prime Minister.

On April 15, 2009 Abdel Aziz resigned as President of the High Council of State in order to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election

Mauritanian presidential election, 2009

A presidential election was held in Mauritania on 18 July 2009. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who led the 2008 coup d'état, won a narrow first-round majority in the election, according to official results...

. President of the Senate, Ba Mamadou Mbaré

Ba Mamadou Mbaré

Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré is a Mauritanian politician who has been President of the Senate of Mauritania since 2007 and was Interim President of Mauritania from April 2009 to August 2009. As President of the Senate, he succeeded Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as Head of State on 15 April 2009, when Abdel Aziz...

, succeeded him as head of state in an interim capacity, becoming the first black leader of Mauritania. The election took place on July 18, 2009 and Abdel Aziz was elected President with 52.58% of the votes. He was sworn in on August 5, 2009.

Members

• Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
  Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
  General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is a Mauritanian politician, currently serving as President of Mauritania...
  
  , President
• Gen. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed
• Gen. Felix Negré
• Col. Ahmed Ould Bekrine
• Col. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould El Hadi
• Col. Ghoulam Ould Mahmoud
• Col. Mohamed Ould Meguet
• Col. Mohamed Ould Mohamed Znagui
• Col. Dia Adama Oumar
• Col. Hanena Ould Sidi
• Col. Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye

See also

• Military Committee for National Recovery
  Military Committee for National Recovery
  The Military Committee for National Recovery was a short-lived military government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania after the coup d'état that removed long-time President Mukthar Ould Daddah on July 10, 1978, until a second coup on April 6, 1979. It was headed by Col. Mustapha Ould Salek...
  
   (CRMN) - Military government 1978-79.
• Military Committee for National Salvation
  Military Committee for National Salvation
  The Military Committee for National Salvation was a military government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania that took power in 1979. It was installed by Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Ahmed Ould Bouceif and fellow officers, in an internal regime/military coup d'état on April 6, 1979, removing Col...
  
   (CMSN) - Military government 1979-92.
• Military Council for Justice and Democracy
  Military Council for Justice and Democracy
  The Military Council for Justice and Democracy was the supreme political body of Mauritania. It served as the country's interim government following the coup d'etat which ousted the President, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya on 3 August 2005. It was led by the former director of the national police...
  
  (CMJD) - Military government 2005-07.