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 61)
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

Prime minister

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

  1. "محمد ولد بلال.. مهندس المياه الذي كُلف بتشكيل الحكومة" (in العربية). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. "Veteran administrator Mohamed Ould Bilal named Mauritania's new PM". Reuters. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "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 العربية). 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  5. "Nouakchott : Le Premier ministre Mohamed Ould Bilal présente démission de son gouvernement | MADAR" (in français). 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 français). 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