Messouda [1] or Messaouda [2] Mint Baham (born 1964 in Mederdra) is a Mauritanian politician. She was Minister of Rural Development in 2008–2009. [1] [2] and was elected to parliament again in 2018, for the Al Islah party. [3] In October 2019, she was elected the first secretary of the National Assembly. [4]