Nahah Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass – Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Territorial Reclamation

Curriculum Vitae

Full Name: Nahah Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass

Date and Place of Birth: 10/03/1969, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Current Position: Minister of Housing, Urbanism and Territorial Reclamation

Other Titles: President of a Mauritanian political party

Education

• Advanced Specialized Studies Diploma (DESS) in Management: Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG), Paris, France (1994).

Professional Career

• 1994 to 1996: Employee in the private sector.
• 2000 to 2001: Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic.
• 2001 to 2005: Minister Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic.
• 2009 to 2011: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (the first woman to hold this position in the Arab world).
• 2014 to 2024: Held the following ministerial portfolios:
  • Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism.
  • Minister of Social Affairs, Childhood, and the Family.
  • Minister of National Education and Vocational Training.
  • Minister of Water and Sanitation.
  • Minister Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic.
  • Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism (again).
  • Minister of Health.
• September 18, 2025: Appointed Minister of Housing, Urban Planning, and Land Management.

Elected Positions

• 2000: Elected President of the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP) political party.
• 2006, 2013, 2018, and 2023: Elected as a Member of the Mauritanian Parliament four times.