title: 2019 in Mauritania
text: # 2019 in Mauritania
  
  Events in the year 2019 in Mauritania.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (until 1 August), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (starting 1 August)
  * Prime Minister: Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir (until 1 August), Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya (starting 1 August)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 22 June – Scheduled date for the 2019 Mauritanian presidential election
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 2 March – Med Hondo, film director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1936).
  * 16 March – Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, military officer and politician, President of Mauritania and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation (b. 1943).
  