Mohamed Ould Bilal

Mohamed Ould Bilal (Arabic: محمد ولد بلال‎; born in 1963, Rosso),[1] is a Mauritanian politician serving as the 16th and current Prime Minister of Mauritania since 6 August 2020.[2][3]

Mohamed Ould Bilal
Prime Minister of Mauritania
Assumed office
6 August 2020
PresidentMohamed Ould Ghazouani
Preceded byIsmail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya
Personal details
Born1963 (age 57–58)
Rosso, Mauritania

Career

Prime minister

Prior to become the new Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal worked as the head of the national water agency.[4]

After an investigation on the activities of the head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz former Prime Minister Ismail Ould Bedda Ould Cheikh Sidiya and the entire administration resigned.[5]

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 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. "Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM". Mohamed Ould Bilal named new Mauritania PM. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  4. Kaushik, Devanshu. "Mohamed Ould Bilal becomes new Prime Minister of Mauritania". Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  5. AfricaNews (2020-08-07). "Mauritanian Prime Minister replaced amid investigation into alleged corruption". Africanews. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya		 Prime Minister of Mauritania
2020–present		 Incumbent
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