Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (; born 12 December 1957) served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania from August 2008 until August 2014.

Life and career Moulaye was born in Néma. and a member of the Tajakant tribe, His appointment followed a military coup earlier in the month, and some suggested that he might have been appointed in hopes that doing so would improve Mauritania's foreign relations, given Moulaye's diplomatic service in Europe. because the junta had not clarified whether or not someone serving in the military would be allowed to stand as a presidential candidate and had not specified how long it intended to remain in power. and announced on television early on September 1. and its members were considered to be politically obscure technocrats. The government included several members of the RFD, despite that party's refusal to participate; the RFD responded by saying that the RFD members who had accepted posts in the government had "automatically resigned" from the party by doing so.

As part of a "deal" with the opposition, a national unity government was formed in June 2009 to lead the country at the time of the July 2009 presidential election; Moulaye was retained as prime minister. General Mohamed then won the presidential election and took office as president on August 5, 2009; Moulaye resigned as prime minister, but Mohamed reappointed him to lead a new, 27-member government on August 11.

Moulaye was replaced as prime minister by Yahya Ould Hademine in August 2014. He was instead appointed as Secretary-General of the Presidency, with the rank of minister, on 19 January 2015.

In 2021, he was jailed for corruption.