Mohamed Abdel-vetah —Minister of Energy and Petroleum

BIOGRAPHY

Date of birth: March 1, 1977
Place of birth: Rosso
Ph.D. in Computer Science

Positions Held :

October 10, 2026: Appointed Minister of Energy and Petroleum
November 2022 – October 2026: High Commissioner of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS)
August 2016 to August 2020: Minister of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines
January 2016 to August 2016: Director General of SOMAGAZ
Dec. 2015–Jan. 2016: Representative of STERLING ENERGY in Mauritania
June 2006–Dec. 2016: Consultant for TOTAL E&P MAURITANIE
June 2010: Member of the steering committee of the National Agency for the Population Registry and Secure Documents (ANRPTS).
March 2010: Member of the ad hoc commission providing assistance to agencies responsible for improving the reliability and security of national identity documents.

Degrees

September 2005, University of Paris XI, France: Ph.D. in Computer Science, with honors.
2000, University of Nancy, France: Master’s Degree, with honors.
1996 University of Nice, France: DEUG with honors.
1994 Lycée National, Baccalauréat C with honors and a “Fac” scholarship

Languages

French, Arabic, English.