Regional Council of Nouakchott

The Regional Council of Nouakchott (Arabic: مجلس نواكشوط الجهوي, romanized: majlis Nwākšūṭ al-jihawi, French: Conseil régional de Nouakchott) is the elected assembly of the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania.

Regional Council of Nouakchott مجلس نواكشوط الجهوي Conseil régional de Nouakchott
2nd Regional Council
Type
Type	Unicameral regional house
History
Founded	2018 (2018)
Preceded by	Urban Community of Nouakchott
Leadership
President	Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, El Insaf since 15 September 2018
First Vice-President	Hawa Sidibe, El Insaf since 10 June 2023[1]
Second Vice-President	Idoumou Abeidallah, El Insaf since 10 June 2023[1]
Third Vice-President	Beyrouk Ould Beyrouk, El Insaf since 10 June 2023[1]
Fourth Vice-President	Moussa Ould Souvi, El Insaf since 10 June 2023[1]
Fifth Vice-President	Ahmed Mohamed El Mamy Salihine, AND since 10 June 2023[1]
Structure
Seats	37
Political groups	El Insaf (13)   Tewassoul (7)   Hope Mauritania (2)   Sawab–RAG (2)   AND (2)   El Islah (1)   State of Justice (1)   AJD/MR (1)   UDP (1)   Ribat (1)   UFP (1)   RFD (1)   APP (1)   PUD (1)   El Karama (1)   HATEM (1)
Elections
Voting system	Closed list proportional representation
First election	1 and 15 September 2018
Last election	13 May 2023
Next election	2028
Website
crn.mr

It has been led since its creation by Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick, of El Insaf.

History

Regional councils were first elected in Mauritania in 2018 following a 2017 constitutional referendum that abolished the Senate, replacing it with regional councils in every wilaya, with the city of Nouakchott (which is subdivided in three wilayas) getting a single Regional Council replacing the Urban Community of Nouakchott.

Election system

After creation

Regional councils in Mauritania were previously elected using the proportional representation system of the largest remainder method with two rounds. In the first round, voters chose from one of several lists running. If one list obtained an absolute majority of votes, the council seats were then distributed proportionally. If not, a second round was to be held between the two largest lists. The president of the Regional Council was elected by the Regional Council from one of their members.

After 2023

On 26 September 2022 all Mauritanian political parties reached an agreement sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization to reform the election system ahead of the upcoming elections after weeks of meetings between all parties.^[2]

In this election, regional councils are elected in a single round using proportional representation through the largest remainder method, with no threshold being applied. The head of the list that gets the most votes automatically becomes president of the regional council.^[2][3]

List of presidents

Name		Party	Period
	Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick	UPR	15 September 2018	13 May 2023
		El Insaf	13 May 2023	Present

Historic composition of the regional council

Councillors in the Regional Council of Nouakchott since 2018
Key to parties   UFP   RFD   Sawab–RAG   Hope Mauritania   MPR   AJD/MR   El Moustaqbel   APP   PNDD-ADIL   Ribat   AND   El Karama   El Islah   PUD   UDP   UPR   El Insaf   HATEM   State of Justice   Tewassoul
Election	Distribution	President
2018	3 2 3 2 19 2 6	Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick (El Insaf)
2023	1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 7