Mauritania Government & Politics

Constitutional background

Text of constitution

Political system
"An oasis of peace and stability" - as seen by the Mauritanian embassy in Washington

Electoral system [Medea database]

Elections and Parliament [Medea database]

List of government ministers (Keesings)

Elections, electoral frauds and transparency
(Union des Forces Democratiques - in French)

Governors, heads of state and prime ministers
Since 1945 [PoliSci.com]

Union des Forces Democratiques
The main opposition party (in French and Arabic)

Moktar Ould Daddah
Biography of the first president of Mauritania, 1960-78 [Encarta]

"Updated facts about Mauritania"
An official denial that slavery exists in the country

Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan

Protest against the violation of human rights
A letter to the president signed by social scientists around the world

Ministry of Women, Family Welfare  & Child Development

SA: Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, D.C.

The Library of Congress

Union des Forces Democratiques in French only
Africaland

Mauritania: a country study
Good, detailed information from the US Library of Congress

Basic facts
from the US Central Intelligence Agency

Mauritania
Official government website (in French)

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