Presidency of Republic Announces Formation of New Government

During a briefing on 31 March at the Presidential Palace in Nouakchott, Mr. Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waqf, the Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, announced the new government formation.

Here is the text of the announcement:

“To raise the effectiveness of government performance in general, especially with regard to improving the conditions of citizens, reforming the administration, improving the quality and level of comprehensiveness of services, and bringing them closer to the citizen to enable them to perform all their transactions, fulfill all their rights easily, smoothly, and with dignity to establish the priority and precedence of citizenship over all other considerations,
To give a new impetus to the government apparatus to increase its dynamism, in terms of speed and quality in implementing the public policies and development programs provided for in the “My Commitments” program, and to enhance youth participation in decision-making and management of public affairs, His Excellency appointed, upon a proposal of the Prime Minister, the following personalities:

Minister of Justice: Mohamed Mahmoud Cheikh Abdoullah Boya,

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad: Mohamed Salem Merzoug,

Minister of National Defense: Hananna Ould Sidi,

Minister of Interior and Decentralization: Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lamine,

Minister of Islamic Affairs and Original Education: Dah Ould Sidi Ould Amar Taleb,

Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sector: Ousmane Mamoudou Kane,

Minister of Finance: Isselmou Ould Mohamed Mbadi,

Minister of National Education and Reform of the Educational System, Government Spokesperson: Mohamed Melainine Ould Eyih,

Minister of Health: Mokhtar Ould Dahi,

Minister of Public Service and Labor: Mohamed Ould Abdallahi Ould Ethmane,

Minister of Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Modernization of Administration: Cheikh El Kebir Ould Moulaye Taher,

Minister of Oil, Mines, and Energy: Abdessalam Ould Mohamed Saleh,

Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy: Mohamed Ould Abidine Ould Mayiv,

Minister of Agriculture: Adama Bocar Soko,

Minister of Livestock: Mohamed Ould Sweidatt,

Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism: Lamrabott Ould Bennahi,

Minister of Employment and Vocational Training: Lalia Camara,

Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Territorial Reclamation: Sid’Ahmed Ould Mohamed,

Minister of Equipment and Transport: Mokhtar Ahmed Yedali,

Minister of Water and Sanitation: Sidi Mohamed Ould Taleb Amar,

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research: Mohamed Lamine Ould Aboye Ould Cheikh El-Hadrami,

Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports, and Relations with Parliament: Khattar Ould Cheibani,

Minister of Social Action, Children and Family: Safia Mint N’Tahah,

Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development: Aissata Daouda Diallo,

Minister, Secretary-General of the Government: Zeinebou Mint Ehmednah.