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It sees to the publication and the execution of the laws and regulations.
It is responsible before the Parliament in the conditions and following the procedures specified in
Articles 74 and 75 of this Constitution.
Article 44
The functions of the members of the Government are incompatible with the exercise of any
parliamentary mandate, with any function of professional representation of a national character, with
any professional activity, and in a general manner with any public or private employment.
An organic law establishes the conditions in which the replacement of the titular of such mandates,
functions, or employments [emplois] is provided for. The replacement of the members of Parliament
takes place according to the provisions of Article 48 of this Constitution.
Title III
Of the Legislative Power
Article 45
The legislative power belongs to the Parliament.
Article 46
The Parliament is composed of two (2) representative Assemblies: the National Assembly and the
Senate.
Article 47
The Deputies to the National Assembly are elected for five (5) years by direct suffrage.
The Senators are elected for six (6) years by indirect suffrage. They assure the representation of the
territorial collectivities of the Republic. The Mauritanians resident abroad are represented in the
Senate. The Senators are renewed by thirds (1/3) every two (2) years.
All Mauritanian citizens enjoying their civil and political rights [and] at least twenty-five (25) years old
are eligible to be [a] Deputy and at least thirty-five (35) years old [are eligible] to be a Senator.
Article 48
An organic law establishes the conditions for the election of the members of Parliament, their
number, their indemnity, the conditions of eligibility, [and] the regime of the ineligibilities and of the
incompatibilities.
It also establishes the conditions in which the persons named to assure the replacement of the
Deputies or the Senators in the case of vacancy of a seat, are elected [,] until the general or partial
renewal of the Assembly to which they belong.
Article 49
The Constitutional Council decides in the case of dispute [contestation] concerning the regularity of
the election of the parliamentarians or concerning their eligibility.
Mauritania 1991 (rev. 2012)
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