BIOGRAPHY
Mokhtar Ould Gaguih Minister of Livestock
Date and place of birth: December 18, 1970 in Ksar.![]()
* Marital status: married, three children.
*Certificates:
– Diploma of Engineer. Specialization: Mechanical Engineering from the Hannover University of Applied Sciences / Germany (Fachhochschule) (Hannover), graduation project received in the same year 1996 the annual prize of the German Agency for Cultural Exchange Service DAAD
– Master in Islamic Economics, Modern University of Chinguetti, Mauritania.
* Professional Experience – Private Sector:
2000-2004 UAE: Emirates Lube Oil Co in Sharjah, a renowned producer of automotive and industrial oils.
Responsibilities: Development of export activity with technical study of the needs of promising markets and marketing support. The activity included West African countries on the Morocco-Gabon axis.
2005-2007- UAE: BBG Safty Glass Jebel Ali / Dubai. Sector: Heavy Duty Car Tires. The job is Business Development Manager. Responsibilities: Opening a representative office of the company in Nigeria. Technical support to the General Manager.
* Professional Experience – Public Sector:
2013 – 2016 – ANPS – National Agency for Studies and Project Follow-up:
Technical Advisor to the Director General. Responsibilities: Studying files; representing the General Manager; Leading project-related tasks. These include:
– Al-Naama Dairy Plant Project (follow-up of contract obligations; representation of the Director General in official visits and meetings, management of negotiations related to the preparation of the receipt of the project).
– Project for the acquisition of three drilling workshops (support in the follow-up of the contract).
2016-2019 Ministry of Economy and Finance
– The Director-General for the Promotion of the Private Sector, who is primarily responsible for coordinating the activities of the various directorates in charge of the single window for the establishment of enterprises, the promotion and approval of private investment (domestic and foreign) and the improvement of the business climate in general.
– Chairman of the Fiscal Committee, in charge of studying and approving the payment of tax obligations for projects with external financing, and is the technical adviser for fiscal affairs to the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance in charge of the budget.
– Technical Advisor for the Promotion of the Private Sector, Chairman of the Technical Committee to Support the Development of Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors.
* 2019-2020 Ministry of Economy and Industry:
– Technical Advisor for the Promotion of the Private Sector, Chairman of the Technical Committee to Support the Development of Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors.
2020-2021: ANASB – National Agency for Studies and Project Follow-up:
Technical Advisor to the Director General. Responsibilities include, for example:
Leading the study of the project of supplying potable water to the northern region (starting from the Senegal River),
Termination of the file of the agency’s obligations related to the dairy factory project in Al-Naama.
2021 – 2023 : ANAP – National Agency for the Implementation and Follow-up of Projects
Consultant in charge of organization and quality. Responsibilities include, for example:
Follow up on all tasks related to the organizational dimensions, participate in the preparation and follow-up of the implementation of quality policies at the level of the Vice-Deanship, and prepare the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Vice-Rectorate.
February 2023 – August 2024: General Manager of the Mauritanian Company for Dairy Products.
On 06 August, he was appointed Minister of Animal Development.
* The most important consulting work:
ANESP Government Agency: Consultant in charge of activities related to the preparation and launch of projects financed by Eximbank India, including the construction of a dairy factory in Naama and the acquisition of three drilling workshops.
SAMIA SA (from Asneem Group: Preparing a technical and financial feasibility study for a large industrial project.
2013-2012: COMASUD SA (Mixed Economy Company): Consultant in charge of the industrial component of the first integrated agro-industrial sugar production project in Mauritania.
* Working languages:
Arabic French, English, German.
