Mohamed Ould Bilal | |
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محمد ولد بلال | |
_(cropped).jpg) Bilal in 2022 | |
| Prime Minister of Mauritania | |
| Assumed office 6 August 2020 | |
| President | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
| Preceded by | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Rosso, Mauritania |
| Political party | Equity Party (El Insaf) |
| Residence | Nouakchott |
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Mohamed Ould Bilal ( Arabic: محمد ولد بلال; born 1963), [1] is a Mauritanian politician serving as the current Prime Minister of Mauritania since 6 August 2020. [2] [3]
Career
Prime Minister
Prior to become the new Prime Minister, Mohamed Ould Bilal worked as the head of the National water agency. [4]
After an investigation on the activities of the former head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former Prime Minister Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya and the entire Administration resigned. [5] [6] [7]
On 6 August 2020 Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal as new Prime Minister and asked him to form a new government. [3]
References
- ^ "محمد ولد بلال.. مهندس المياه الذي كُلف بتشكيل الحكومة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Veteran administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal named Mauritania's new PM". Reuters. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ a b "Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM". TRT World. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ Kaushik, Devanshu. "Mohamed Ould Bilal becomes new Prime Minister of Mauritania". Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ AfricaNews (2020-08-07). "Mauritanian Prime Minister replaced amid investigation into alleged corruption". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Mauritanie : le procès de l'ancien président plonge au cœur des affaires de corruption". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Former Mauritanian president jailed, faces graft charges". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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