Naha Mint Mouknass

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Naha bint Mouknass
الناهة بنت مكناس
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
In office
5 August 2009 – 22 March 2011
PresidentMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Prime MinisterMoulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Preceded byMohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Succeeded byHamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi
Personal details
Born (1969-03-10) March 10, 1969 (age 52)
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Political partyUnion for Democracy and Progress
Relations (father)
Alma materSuperior Institute of Management in Paris
ProfessionPolitician, Diplomat

Naha bint Mouknass (Arabic: الناهة بنت مكناس; born March 10, 1969) is a Mauritanian politician. She was the former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania, serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.

Early life and education[]

Bint Mouknass was born in 1969 in Nouakchott, the daughter of , who served as Foreign Minister under Moktar Ould Daddah. Her family belongs to the El-Gor warrior tribe from the Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region.[1]

She attended the Superior Institute of Management in Paris, graduating in 1995.[1]

Career[]

Following her graduation she returned to Nouakchott to work for the Coca-Cola Company.[1] In 2000 she became the President of the Union for Democracy and Progress.[1] She later became an Advisor to President Maaouya Ould Taya, serving in such a capacity between 2000 and 2001. Following this she was appointed Minister Advisor to the Presidency, serving from 2001 to the military ouster of President Ould Taya in August 2005.[1]

Mouknass speaks both Hassaniya Arabic and French.[1]

Mouknass was appointed as Foreign Minister in 2009, the first woman in Mauritania to head such an important ministry.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bio info for Mauritania's new government". WikiLeaks. 2009-08-20. WikiLeaks cable: 09NOUAKCHOTT538_a. Retrieved 2013-11-29. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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