Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Mokhtar Ould Djay
Office verified
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Source: Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Office verified
Confirmed by an official record of the government or institution. The seal certifies the record, not the person: it is not an endorsement or a claimed account.
Source: Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Serving in the Second government of Mokhtar Ould Djay since 2 Aug 2024. 5 public offices on record since 2015.
- In office
- 2 yrs 2 mos
- Record
- Verified
- Offices
- 5
Verified on presidence.mr · checked 16 Oct 2026
Mokhtar Ould Djay has been Prime Minister of Mauritania since August 2024. An engineer and statistician by training, he was Minister of Finance and then Minister of Economy and Finance from 2015 to 2019 and later headed the national mining company SNIM.[4]
Overview
Current office
- Country
- Mauritania
- Born
- 28 Dec 1973, Moudjéria, Mauritania[4]
- First office on record
- Minister of Finance, 2015
Career
Record in public office
Education
Education
In government
Serves with 29 colleagues
- Mohamed Abdallahi Ould LoulyYouth and Employment
- Mohamed Ould SoueidattJustice
- Mohamed Salem Ould MerzougForeign Affairs
- Ba OusmaneDefence
- El Moctar Ould Ahmed BouceifInterior
- Sidi El Hadj Ould DahIslamic Affairs
- Mohamedou Ould M'HaimidEconomy
- Codioro Moussa N'GuenoreFinance
- Mohamed Malainine Ould EyihVocational Training
- Houda BabahEducation
- Yacoub Ould MoineHigher Education
- Naha Hamdi MouknassHealth
- Amal MaouloudWater
- Mohamed Ould Abdel VetahEnergy
- Mariem BoydielCivil Service and Labour
- Ahmed Salem BedeDigital
- Ahmed Baba Ould AliAgriculture
- Dy Ould ZeinMines
- Aïssata LamFisheries
- Ahmoudeitt Ould CheinLivestock
- Niang Mamadou MamoudouLand
- Zeinabou AhmednahTrade and Tourism
- Yahfadh Cherif Mohamed Cheikh Moulaye Abdel MalickHousing
- Ely Ould El VerickTransport
- Mohamed BabanaCulture and Communication
- Savia N'TahahSocial Action
- Massouda BahamEnvironment
- Mokhtar AbdallahiGovernment Secretariat
- Yacoub Salem VallDecentralisation
Evidence
How this record is supported
Claims by status
8 claims · 4 sources
- Verified 2
- Sourced 6
Sources
- [1]El Moctar Ould Djay nommé Premier ministre par décret présidentiel
Presidency of the Islamic Republic of MauritaniaOfficialChecked 16 Oct 2026
- [2]بيان إعلان تشكلة الحكومة الجديدة (Announcement of the composition of the new government)
Presidency of the Islamic Republic of MauritaniaOfficialChecked 16 Oct 2026
- [3]Gouvernement Ould Diay
Wikipedia (French)ReferenceChecked 16 Oct 2026
- [4]Mokhtar Ould Djay (Wikipedia)
WikipediaReferenceChecked 17 Oct 2026
Cite this record
Govpedia. "Mokhtar Ould Djay." Prime Minister. Record gp:person/mokhtar-ould-djay, last checked 16 Oct 2026. IQGov. https://govpedia.org/person/mokhtar-ould-djay/