{"id":5702,"date":"2022-06-10T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.64.2\/en\/index.php\/yahya-menne\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T15:00:21","slug":"mohamed-salem-merzoug","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/mohamed-salem-merzoug","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salem Merzoug &#8211; Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18504 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Merzoug-300x266.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Merzoug-300x266.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Merzoug-1024x906.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Merzoug-768x680.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Merzoug.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> MOHAMED SALEM OULD MERZOUG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Doctorate in Geophysics: Mention very well, Tunis 1987;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Advanced Research Diplomas (ARD);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Master of Geophysics 1984<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 General University Degree (DEUG);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Baccalaureate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Doctorate in Geophysics: Mention very well, Tunis 1987;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Advanced Research Diplomas (ARD);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Master of Geophysics 1984<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 General University Degree (DEUG);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Baccalaureate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 October 10, 2026: Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 August 6, 2024: Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 March 31, 2022: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad<\/p>\n<p>2016 \u2013 2019: Diplomatic advisor to the President of the Republic<\/p>\n<p>2010 to 2013: World President of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO);<\/p>\n<p>February 2002 to April 2013: High Commissioner of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS);<\/p>\n<p>2001 \u2013 2002: Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic in charge of the rural sector;<\/p>\n<p>2000 \u2013 2001: Minister of Health and Social Affairs;<\/p>\n<p>1999 \u2013 2000: Minister of Justice Keeper of the Seals;<\/p>\n<p>1998 \u2013 1999: Minister of Hydraulics and Energy;<\/p>\n<p>1997 \u2013 1998: Minister of Equipment and Transport;<\/p>\n<p>1995 \u2013 1997: Food Security Commissioner;<\/p>\n<p>1986 \u2013 2002: Teacher-researcher at the University of Nouakchott;<\/p>\n<p>1987 \u2013 1993: International consultant for various Agencies (FAO, UNDP, UNEP\u2026);<\/p>\n<p>1994 \u2013 1996: Responsible for external relations of the Mauritanian League for Human Rights (MLHR);<\/p>\n<p>1986 \u2013 1989: Researcher at the Club de la Mer;<\/p>\n<p>1987 \u2013 1995: Director of the University\u2019s Geographical Studies and Research Laboratory;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Oscar for Excellence and Leadership in 2008 from the International Council of African Managers;<\/p>\n<p>-Author of several books and studies and research in various fields relating to his specialty and field of activity;<\/p>\n<p>-University professor and Researcher.<\/p>\n<p>Arabic, French<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIOGRAPHY MOHAMED SALEM OULD MERZOUG \u2013 Doctorate in Geophysics: Mention very well, Tunis 1987; \u2013 Advanced Research Diplomas (ARD); \u2013 Master of Geophysics 1984 \u2013 General University Degree (DEUG); \u2013 Baccalaureate. \u2013 Doctorate in Geophysics: Mention very well, Tunis 1987; \u2013 Advanced Research Diplomas (ARD); \u2013 Master of Geophysics 1984 \u2013 General University Degree (DEUG); [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5703,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5702","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33921,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5702\/revisions\/33921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ami.mr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}