Mohamed Ould Bilal (Arabic: محمد ولد بلال; born 10 December 1963),[1] is a Mauritanian politician who served as the prime minister of Mauritania from 6 August 2020 to 2 August 2024.[2][3][4][5]
Mohamed Ould Bilal | |
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محمد ولد بلال | |
_(cropped).jpg) Bilal in 2022 | |
| Prime Minister of Mauritania | |
| In office 6 August 2020 – 2 August 2024 | |
| President | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
| Preceded by | Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya |
| Succeeded by | Mokhtar Ould Djay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1963 Rosso, Mauritania |
| Political party | Equity Party (El Insaf) |
| Residence | Nouakchott |
| Cabinet | |
Career
editPrime minister
editPrior to become the new prime minister, Mohamed Ould Bilal worked as the head of the National water agency.[6]
After an investigation on the activities of the former head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former prime minister Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya and the entire Administration resigned.[7][8][9]
On 6 August 2020 Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal as new prime minister and asked him to form a new government.[3]
References
edit- ^ "محمد ولد بلال.. مهندس المياه الذي كُلف بتشكيل الحكومة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Veteran administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal named Mauritania's new PM". Reuters. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ a b "Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM". TRT World. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "ولد بلال يقدم استقالة حكومته لولد الغزواني" [Ould Bilal submits the resignation of his government to Ould Ghazouani]. AlAkhbar.info (in Arabic). 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "Nouakchott : Le Premier ministre Mohamed Ould Bilal présente démission de son gouvernement | MADAR" (in French). 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Kaushik, Devanshu. "Mohamed Ould Bilal becomes new Prime Minister of Mauritania". Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ AfricaNews (2020-08-07). "Mauritanian Prime Minister replaced amid investigation into alleged corruption". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Mauritanie : le procès de l'ancien président plonge au cœur des affaires de corruption". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
- ^ "Former Mauritanian president jailed, faces graft charges". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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