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Mohamed Ould Bilal

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Mohamed Ould Bilal
محمد ولد بلال
Bilal in 2022
Prime Minister of Mauritania
In office
6 August 2020 – 2 August 2024
PresidentMohamed Ould Ghazouani
Preceded byIsmail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
Succeeded byMokhtar Ould Djay
Personal details
Born (1963-12-10) 10 December 1963 (age 60)
Rosso, Mauritania
Political partyEquity Party (El Insaf)
ResidenceNouakchott
Cabinet

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]

Career

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Prime minister

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Prior 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

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  1. ^ "محمد ولد بلال.. مهندس المياه الذي كُلف بتشكيل الحكومة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ "Veteran administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal named Mauritania's new PM". Reuters. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. ^ a b "Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM". TRT World. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Nouakchott : Le Premier ministre Mohamed Ould Bilal présente démission de son gouvernement | MADAR" (in French). 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ^ Kaushik, Devanshu. "Mohamed Ould Bilal becomes new Prime Minister of Mauritania". Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  7. ^ AfricaNews (2020-08-07). "Mauritanian Prime Minister replaced amid investigation into alleged corruption". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Former Mauritanian president jailed, faces graft charges". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Mauritania
2020–2024
Succeeded by