Mohamed Babana – Minister of Culture, Arts, Communication, and Relations with Parliament; Government Spokesperson

BIOGRAPHY

I. Personal and Social Status:

Name: Mohamed Mohamed Abdallah Babana
Date and Place of Birth: August 16, 1975, in Barkeoul
Marital Status: Married, father of five children
Occupation: Attorney Profession: Lawyer

 

Second: Academic Qualifications:

High School Diploma (Baccalaureate), Arabic Literature stream, Regular Session, 1994
First-Level Law Degree, June 1997 session
Master’s Degree in Law, Local Administration stream, October 1999
Certificate of Qualification to Practice Law, July 2005

 

Third: Professional Experience:

– Lawyer admitted to practice before Mauritanian courts since 2005;
– Legal counsel to the charitable foundation affiliated with the National Company for Industry and Mines (SNIM) from 2006 to 2009;
– Provided legal services to the Mauritanian Financial Leasing Company from 2006 to 2008;
– Provided legal services to the Independent Port of Nouakchott from 2011 to 2018;
– Provided legal services to the Central Bank of Mauritania from 2014 to 2020;
– Legal counsel to the National Hydrocarbons Commission from 2017 to 2019;
– Member of the National Assembly (Mauritanian Parliament) representing the Barkeoul district for two parliamentary terms from 2006 to 2018;
– Member of the Bureau of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2013;
– Chair of the National Assembly’s Committee on Justice, Interior Affairs, and Defense from 2014 to 2016
– Member of the Mauritanian-French Friendship Committee of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2013;
– Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2019 to July 2023;
– Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to Libya from July 2023 until January 2025;

– Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the State of Qatar from January 2025 until his appointment as Minister of Culture, Arts, Communication, and Relations with Parliament, and as Government Spokesperson, on October 10, 2026.

 

Fourth: Languages:

Arabic