Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed – Minister Counsellor at the Presidency of the Republic
BIOGRAPHY
Name and Surname: Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed
Date and Place of Birth: December 31, 1963, in Nouadhibou
Marital Status: Married with five children
Academic Background:
1993: Ph.D. in Energy.
June 21, 1993 (thesis defense) at the University of Valenciennes, France, with the distinction of “very honorable.” – 1983: Baccalaureate, Section A (Technical-Mathematical), at the Technical High School in Nouakchott.
Professional Career:
October 10, 2026: Appointed Minister-Counselor to the Presidency of the Republic
In November 2025: Appointed Director General of the Manantali and Felo Facilities Management Company (SEMAF)
May 19, 2025: Mauritanian Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal
July 4, 2023: Appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation
March 31, 2022, through July 4, 2023: General Delegate for National Solidarity and the Fight Against Exclusion (Tazir)
2007–2005: Minister of Petroleum
2022–2020: President of the Banouazibou Free Zone Authority
2020–2019: Director General of the National Electricity Company (SOMELEC) for the second time
2017–2016: Director General of the National Water Company (S.H.M.)
2016: Director General of the Mauritanian Gas Company (SOMAGAZ)
2016–2013: Director General of the National Agency for Project Studies and Monitoring (ANSP)
2013–2012: Special Envoy to the Presidency of the Republic, responsible for the project to establish the Nouadhibou Free Zone
2005: General Manager of the Mauritanian Electricity Company (SOMELEC)
2004–2000: Permanent Secretary of the Chinguetti Prize Council for Science, Technology, Literature, and the Arts
1998–1994: Technical Advisor on Energy to the Minister of Water and Energy
1993–1991: Lecturer and researcher at the University of Valenciennes and at the National School of Mechanical and Energy Engineering in Valenciennes (France)
1991–1989: Research Engineer at the Laboratory for the Design of Mechanical and Energy Systems at the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambris (France)
Other Responsibilities:
1992–1990: Member of the Scientific Council of the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambris-sur-Meuse
1998: Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Mauritanian Refining Industries Company (SOMER).
1998–1994: Member of the Board of Directors and Management Committee of the National Water and Electricity Company (SOMELEC)
1998–1994: Member of the Committee for Monitoring Algerian-Mauritanian Agreements in the Energy Sector
1998–1994: Coordinator of the Renewable Energy Committee of the Council of Ministers of Mines and Energy of the Arab Maghreb Union.
1998–1994: Co-chair of the Steering Committee for the Alizés Electrique Project
1998: National Coordinator of the Decentralized Electricity Unit (CELED)
2005–2004: Member of the Scientific Council of the Mauritanian Institute for Oceanographic and Fisheries Research
2005–2004: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mauritanian Petroleum Products Storage Company (MEIP)
Since 1994: Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Nouakchott Al-Asriya
Languages:
Arabic – French – English (intermediate level)