Yacoub Ould Salem Vall – Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Promotion of Decentralization and Local Development, in charge of Decentralization and Local Development

BIOGRAPHY

Yaghoub SALEM VALL, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Promotion of Decentralization and Local Development in charge of Decentralization and Local Development
 Date and place of birth: 02/12/1963 in Nouakchott
 Marital status: Married (father of six children)

Curriculum:
 B.T.S (Brevet Technicien Supérieur) in Industrial Maintenance at the C.S.E.T (CENTRE SUPÉRIEUR D’ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE of NKTT in 1987).
 Technical Baccalaureate in the ELECTROMECHANICS series (Major: NKTT Technical High School in 1985).
 CAP (Brevet d’Aptitude Professionnel – Technical College of NKTT in 1982).
 Primary studies at the School of 5 of NKTT (Major of the entrance exam for the 6th grade at the technical college of Nktt).

Professional experience:
 Career at the Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) from July 1987 to October 2009 and from March 2014 to August 2024 having held the following main positions:
 Shift Chief at the Guelbs Headquarters.
 Auxiliary Manager at the Guelbs Headquarters.
 Responsible for Maintenance at the Guelbs Power Plant (Fincantiery Engine B550 18/14.1 MW engines, SULZER 16ZAV40S/10MW engines, PC2.6B – 600/10MW engines and MIRLESS/PC 2.4 engines of the Zouerate Power Plant).
 Head of the Design Office at the Guelbs Centrale.
 Design engineer at the Guelbs power plant.
 Participation in the acquisition projects of Groups 5,6,7,8,9,10 of the Guelbs Power Plant (Calls for tenders, evaluations, monitoring of construction and assembly, factory tests, commissioning on site,…).
 Project Engineer for the execution of the SNIM New Rocker Arm Project in Nouadhibou (March 2014 – April 2017) at the Projects Department.
 Project Manager for the Rehabilitation of Groups 7 and 8 (PC2.6B-600) of the Guelbs Power Plant (May 2017 – September 2018) at the Projects Directorate.
 Senior Engineer at the Performance Transformation Department (DTP).
 Head of the Electrical Energy Department (January 2020 to July 2021) in the Water and Energy Department.
 Energy Project Manager (July 2021 to December 2021) in the Projects Department.
 Director General of the Mauritanian Company of Services and Tourism (SOMASERT) from December 2021 to August 2024.
 On 06 August, he was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Promotion of Decentralization and Local Development in charge of Decentralization and Local Development.

Training and missions:
* Two-month internship at the MORAK in Akjoujt in 1986.
* Exchange of experience mission to the Djibouti Power Plant (EDD) in January 1992 (GMT Groups, MAN Groups, Pielestick Groups).
* Training on the 16ZAV40S engines in France – Mantes la Jolie in January 1994 (factory acceptance of the Sulzer G516ZAV40S).
* Training at IRM in France in Dunkirk on speed control (Woodward and ABB), injection and Turbo in December 1999.
* Training on the Sulzer 16ZAV40S engines by Wartsila Italy SPA Trieste in October 2001 (Factory Acceptance of one 16ZAV40S/G6 Units from the Guelbs Power Plant and two 8ZAV40S Units from the Nouadhibou Power Plant).
* Exchange of experiences mission to the Choloma Power Plant (Honduras) in January 2005 (MAN Groups, Pielestick Groups).
* Training on PC2-6B 600 engine auxiliaries in Saint-Nazaire, France, in 2005.
* Mission for the rehabilitation contract of the PC2-6B 600 Units N° 7 and 8 of the Guelbs power plant in France Saint-Nazaire in October 2017.
* Several other local training courses and missions…

Political curriculum:

 Member of the FDUC (1991),
 Member of the Regional Coordination of the Wilaya of Tiris Zemmour of the UFD party then UFD/EN from October 1991 to May 1995,
 Regional Coordinator of the Wilaya of Tiris Zemmour of the AC party from 1996 until January 2, 2002,
 Regional Coordinator of the Wilaya of Tiris Zemmour of the APP party from 2004 until September 2018,
 Mayor of the Commune of Zouerate from December 2006 to January 2014,
 National Coordinator of Koutlet Chouravaa Mauritania from 04/12/2018 to date

Language skills:
 Arabic: Good.
 French: Good.
 English: Medium.

Computer Knowledge:
 Windows
 Excel
 Power point

Areas of interest:
 Readings
 Travel
 Sports

Other:
 Man of connections.
 Active in civil society.