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National Independent Election Commission
Arabic: اللجنة الوطنية المستقلة للإنتخابات; French: Commission électorale nationale indépendante
Agency overview
Formed	November 14, 2005
Type	Election commission
Jurisdiction	Mauritania
Status	Active
Headquarters	Nouakchott, Mauritania
Motto	For credible and transparent elections; Arabic: من أجل إنتخابات شفافة وذات مصداقية; French: Pour des élections crédibles et transparentes
Annual budget	500 million MRU (2023)
Agency executives	Dah Ould Abdel Jelil, President; Mohamed Lemine Ould Dahi, Vice-President;
Website	ceni.mr

The National Independent Election Commission (Arabic: اللجنة الوطنية المستقلة للإنتخابات, French: Commission électorale nationale indépendante, CENI) is the election commission of Mauritania. It is responsible for preparing, organising and supervising the entire electoral process.

Objectives

The main objective of the commission is ensuring that the voting process is smooth, correct and transparent. The Electoral Commission has total independence to prepare, organise and supervise the entire electoral process, As part of its mission, the Electoral Commission has all the powers to prepare, organise and supervise the entire electoral process, not receiving any instructions from any public or private authorities or institutions.^[3]

As part of its objectives, the CENI:

takes care of observing the principle of equal access for all competing candidates to the official organs of the written, audio and visual press, and on this basis it can direct any observation or recommendation to the competent authorities.
participates in the media sector to educate citizens about the voting process.
takes the necessary measures to facilitate the tasks of the national observers and the invited international observers in consultation with the competent diplomatic departments of the State.

Organisation

Committee of Elders

The CENI is a collegial authority, with the Committee of Elders being its design, orientation and decision-making body. It has 11 members, nominated by both the government and the opposition. They have an irrevocable non-renewable term of five years.^[4]

This is the current composition of the Committee of Elders since 31 October 2022.^[5]

Name	Position
Mr. Dah Ould Abdel Jelil	President	Presidential majority
Mr. Mohamed Lemine Ould Dahi	Vice-president	RFD
Mr. Ebbe Ould Mbari	Member	APP
Mr. Babocar Souley	Member	Presidential majority
Mr. Baba Ould Boumeiss	Member	Presidential majority
Mr. Bilal Ould Werzeg	Member	Presidential majority
Ms. Djeinaba Tandia	Member	Presidential majority
Ms. Koumba Sy	Member	UFP
Ms. Lamina Mohamed Bouya Momme	Member	Presidential majority
Mr. Mohamed Mokhtar Melil	Member	Sawab
Mr. Moulaye Ould Brahim	Member	Tewassoul

Mr. Amadou Moussa Diallo	Secretary-General	Non-partisan

President of CENI

The President of the CENI is oldest member of the Committee of Elders and acts as the Head of Administration of the CENI. They have authority over all technical and administrative staff and are the authorising officer of the CENI budget.^[4]

Chambers

Juridic chamber

The legal chamber is responsible for assisting the Committee of Elders in the exercise of the legal powers of the CENI, with regard to administrative and financial matters, legal affairs and litigation. It gives a prior opinion on draft decisions of a legal nature.^[4]

Technical chamber

The Technical Chamber is responsible for assisting the Committee of Elders within the framework of the technical attributions of the CENI, with regard to questions relating to logistics, electoral material, electoral operations, communication and education. citizenship and relations with regional and local branches.^[4]

Regional and local branches

The CENI has regional and local branches in the regions, departments and districts whose attributions, organisation and functioning are determined by deliberation of the CENI Steering Committee.

The members of the regional and local branches are appointed, on the occasion of each election, by deliberation of the Committee of Elders of the CENI. Their functions end fifteen days after the proclamation of the final results of the corresponding election.^[4]

References

^ "Présentation" [Presentation] (in French). National Independent Election Commission. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "La CENI ouvre la porte à une série de recrutements" [The CENI opens the door to a series of recruitments]. SaharaMedias (in French). 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "المهام" [Mission] (in Arabic). National Independent Election Commission. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Organisation" [Organization] (in French). National Independent Election Commission. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "Les nouveaux membres de la Ceni prêtent serment" [The new members of the CENI take the oath]. Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) (in French). 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "Principales informations sur les nouveaux membres de la CENI" [Key information on new CENI members]. Essahraa Centre for Studies and Consultations (in French). 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-03-27.