2018 in Mauritania

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).


 * 17 July – Murabit al-Hajj, Islamic cleric and scholar (b. c.1913).


 * 11 September – Cheikhna Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister.