Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf is the Prime Minister of Mauritania. Laghdaf became Prime Minister on 2008 August 14, shortly after the August 6 coup d'etat.
This coup d'etat, which deposed then Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef and President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, was carried out by military generals led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. After appointing a new government, they appointed Laghdaf as PM, and had Aziz as President. Aziz was later elected officially as president in 2009. Parliamentary elections are expected to take place in 2011 October.
Ba Ousmane is the Minister of Education for Mauritania.
Thiam Diombar is the Minister of Finance for Mauritania.
Mauritania has both a Prime Minister and a President.
Sidi Ould Zein is the Minister of Justice for Mauritania.
Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf is the Prime Minister for Mauritania.
Ammedou Ould Hademine Ould Jelvoune is the Minister of Health for Mauritania.
Hamed Ould Hamouny is the Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister for Primary Education for Mauritania.
Oumar Ould Maatalla is the Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister for Secondary Education for Mauritania.
Adama Sy is the Minister of Secretary General of the Presidency for Mauritania.
Ould M'Bareck Ould Mohamed El Moctar-Brahim is the Minister of Rural Development for Mauritania.
Mauritania has a semi-presidential theocratic Islamic republic form of government. The country has a president, a prime minister, and a legislature.
Mark Owen Woyongo is the Minister of Defense for Ghana.