#Mauritania : Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed a new government on Thursday evening marked by the departure of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, according to a presidential decree.
Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug becomes the new head of diplomacy, leaving the Ministry of the Interior where he is replaced by Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine, who was President Ghazouani’s chief of staff.
The new government is marked by 15 departures and permutations. Holders of positions of sovereignty such as Justice and Islamic Affairs remain in their posts.
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President Ghazouani has also appointed Yahya Ould Ahmed Elwaghef, former Prime Minister under President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, overthrown by a putsch in 2009, to the post of Minister Secretary General of the Presidency.
The composition of the Ould Bilal government was unveiled Thursday, March 31 in the evening by the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Yahya Ould Waghef. Ousmane Kane, Ould Boye, Sidi Ould Hanana keep their seats.
The new team has four women once morest six in the previous one.
Here is the new government composition:
– Minister of Justice, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Boya
– Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug
– Minister of National Defense, Hanena Ould Sidi
– Minister of Interior and Decentralization, Mohamed Ahmed O. Mohamed Lemine
– Minister of Economy, Ousmane Mamadou Kane
– Minister of Finance, Isselmou Mohamed Mbaye
– Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dah Ould Amar Taleb
– Minister of National Education, Government Spokesperson, Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih
– Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy, Abdel Salem Ould Mohamed Saleh
– Minister of Public Service and Labour, Mohamed Abdallahi Outhmane
– Minister of Health, Mokhtar Ould Dahi
– Minister of Digital Transition, Cheikh El Kebir Moulay Taher
– Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Mohamed Ould Abdine Ould Emaiyif
– Minister of Trade and Tourism, Lemrabott Ould Bennahi
– Minister of Housing and Urbanism, Sid Ahmed Ould Mohamed
– Minister of Livestock, Mohamed Ould Soueidatt
– Minister of Agriculture, Adama Bocar Soko
– Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Lalia Camara
– Minister of Equipment and Transport, Mokhtar Ould Ahmed El Yedali
– Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation, Sidi Mohamed Taleb Amar
– Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mohamed Lemine Ould Abiye
– Minister of Culture, Sports and Relations with Parliament, Khattar Ould Cheibany
– Minister of Social Action, Childhood and Family, Savia Mint Entehah
– Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Aissata Daouda Diallo
– Minister, Secretary General of the Government, Zeinebou Mint Ahmednah
