1. Jidou El Moctar (1985)

Olympic Sprinter

Jidou El Moctar is a Mauritanian runner who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200 m event. He was the flag bearer of Mauritania at the opening ceremony....

2. Dimi Mint Abba (1958)

Mauritanian Singer

Dimi Mint Abba was one of Mauritania's most famous musicians. She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in 1958 into a low-caste family specializing in the griot tradition.

3. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (Unknow)

Mauritanian Military Person

Ret. Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah was the head of state of Mauritania from 4 January 1980 to 12 December 1984. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2003...

4. Mohamed Lemine Ch'bih Ould Cheikh Melainine (1951)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Lemine Ch'bih Ould Cheikh Melainine is a Mauritanian politician. He has also served as the leader of the Qadiriyya Islamic brotherhood.

5. Mustafa Ould Salek (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

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6. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine is a Mauritanian politician. Born at Hodh El Gharbi Lemine graduated from the University of Cairo with a diploma in economics and has worked as...

7. Ibrahima Moctar Sarr (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Ibrahima Moctar Sarr is a Mauritanian journalist and politician. Running as an independent he placed fifth in the March 2007 presidential election and he has been the President of the...

8. Mohamed Ould Tolba (1962)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Ould Tolba was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania from 2002 to 2003. Tolba was born in R'Kiz in Trarza Region. He attended secondary school from...

9. Bounkou Camara (1988)

Athletics (sport) Competitor

Bounkou Camara is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Mauritania. Camara represented Mauritania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres...

10. Ahmed Ould Daddah (1942)

Mauritanian Politician

Ahmed Ould Daddah is a Mauritanian economist politician and civil servant. He is a half-brother of Moktar Ould Daddah the first President of Mauritania and belongs to the Marabout Ouled...

11. Ahmed Baba Miské (1935)

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Ahmed Baba Miské is a writer diplomatic and politician author of Lettre ouverte aux elites du Tiers-monde. He is also a former Mauritanian ambassador and former Polisario Front member.

12. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (Unknow)

President Of Mauritani

Lt. Col. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly was the President of Mauritania and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation from 3 June 1979 to 4 January 1980. محمد

13. Ahmed Ould Bouceif (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Lt. Col. Ahmed Ould Bouceif was a Mauritanian military and political leader. In April 1979 he seized power in a coup d'état together with Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah and...

14. Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (1949)

Diplomat Politician

Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician who has twice served as foreign minister from 1998 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2007.

15. Ahmed Ould Teguedi (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician And Diplo

Ahmed Ould Teguedi is the current Mauritanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation serving in this capacity since 18 September 2013. Teguedi was born in Chinguetti then part of the...

16. Mohamed Ould Maaouya (1953)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Ould Maaouya is a Mauritanian political figure currently serving as Minister of the Interior and Decentralization. Maaouya was born in Méderdra and he received his higher education in Nouakchott...

17. Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine (1963)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed Lemine is a Mauritanian politician and diplomat. A former ambassador to Switzerland Lemine was named on 28 April 2007 to the post of foreign minister in...

18. Youba Hmeida (1976)

Mauritanian Sprinter

Youba Mohamed Ould H'meïde is a retired Mauritanian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

19. Saleh Ould Hanenna (1965)

Mauritanian Politician

Saleh Ould Hanenna is a former Mauritanian soldier and political figure. Hanenna served in the Mauritanian Army and rose to the rank of Major before being forced out in 2000....

20. Thiam Diombar (1959)

Mauritanian Politician

Thiam Diombar is a Mauritanian politician. He studied at the École Nationale des Services du Trésor in Paris. Since February 2011 he is the Finance Minister of Mauritania. He had...

21. Hmeida Ould Ahmed Taleb (1968)

Mauritanian Politician

Hmeida Ould Ahmed Taleb is a Mauritanian political figure currently serving in the government as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Ahmed Taleb was born in Tintane. He became...

22. Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna is a Mauritanian political figure. He was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2 January 1996 to 18 December 1997 Minister of Foreign Affairs from...

23. Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig (Unknow)

Prime Minister Of Mauritania

Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1997 to 1998. Guig was never a member of any political party. Guig was the Prime Minister between stints by...

24. Tijani Ould Kerim (1951)

Mauritanian Diplomat

Tijani Ould Kerim is a Mauritania teacher and diplomat.

25. Messaoud Ould Boulkheir (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Messaoud Ould Boulkheir is among the first Haratine to become a political leader in Mauritania.

26. Dah Ould Abdi (1951)

Dipolomat Of Mauritania

Dah Ould Abdi is a Mauritanian diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2001 to 2002. Abdi was born in Aleg and attended secondary school in Nouakchott...

27. Abdallahi Hassen Ben Hmeida (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Abdallahi Hassen Ben Hmeida is a Mauritanian diplomat who was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 2008. Hmeida was born in Inchiri. After working at Radio Mauritania he...

28. Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour (1967)

Mauritanian Islamist Politician

Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour is a politician in Mauritania. Mansour is currently President of the National Rally for Reform and Development.

29. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (Unknow)

Mauritanian President

Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall is a political and military figure in Mauritania. He served as the transitional military leader of Mauritania following a coup d'état in August 2005 until...

30. Sghair Ould M'Bareck (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Mauritanian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Mauritania from July 6 2003 when he was appointed by President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya following an...

31. Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara (Unknow)

Politician

Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara was briefly the Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1980-81. He was first appointed by Col. Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah of the Military Committee for National Salvation...

32. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (1968)

Mauritanian Politician

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou sometimes spelled Mohammad-Mahmoud Mohamedou is a Harvard University scholar who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania from 2008 until 2009.

33. Ba Mamadou Mbaré (Unknow)

Mauritanian Politician

Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré was a Mauritanian politician who served as President of the Senate of Mauritania from 2007 until his death. As President of the Senate he succeeded Mohamed...

34. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956)

Mauritanian Leader

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is the President of Mauritania in office since 2009. A career soldier and high-ranking officer he was a leading figure in the August 2005 coup that...

35. Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef (1960)

Prime Minister Of Mauritania

Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef is a Mauritanian politician. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Mauritania on 6 May 2008 serving until the August 2008 coup d'état. Waghef...

36. Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957)

Mauritanian Prime Minister

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf has served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania since August 2008.

37. Naha Mint Mouknass (1969)

Mauritanian Politician

Naha Mint Mouknass is a Mauritanian politician and the former Mauritanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.

38. Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957)

Mauritanian Politician

Having served twice as Prime Minister from April 1992 to January 1996 and from August 2005 to March 2007 Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar is a leading player in the political...

39. Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941)

Prime Minister And President Of

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1981 to 1984 and president from 1984 to 2005. He was ousted by a military coup in 2005.

40. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Unknow)

President Of Mauritania

Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s and after a long...

41. Zeine Ould Zeidane (1966)

Economist

Zeine Ould Zeidane is a Mauritanian economist and politician. He placed third as a candidate in the March 2007 presidential election and he subsequently served as Prime Minister from...

42. Mohamedou Ould Slahi (1970)

Mauritanian Prisoner Of The Unit

Mohamedou Ould Slahi or Salahi is a Mauritanian who has been detained at Guantánamo Bay detention camp since August 4 2002. He is being held under the authority of...

43. Moise Kandé (1978)

Mauritanian Footballer

Moïse Kandé is a former Mauritanian international football midfielder who last played for PAEEK in Cyprus.

44. Gaston Diamé (1971)

Footballer

Gaston Diamé is a Mauritanian former international footballer who played as a striker.

45. Bilal Sidibé (1978)

Mauritanian Footballer

Bilal Sidibé is a Mauritanian football for amateur team Vendée Poiré sur Vie.

46. Oumar Timbo (1978)

Mauritanian Footballer

Khalid Oumar Timbo is a Mauritanian footballer who currently plays for AS Ararat Issy.

47. Aicha Fall (1993)

Olympic Runner

Aicha Fall is a Mauritanian runner who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 800 m event.

48. Dahmed Ould Teguedi (1984)

Footballer

Dahmed Ould Teguedi is a Mauritanian professional football player. He plays for MC Saïda in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

49. Adama Ba (1993)

Mauritanian Footballer

Adama Ba is a Mauritanian international footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for French Ligue 1 club SC Bastia.

50. Heather Arseth (1993)

Mauritian Swimmer

Heather Arseth is a Mauritian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 34th overall in the heats in the Women's 200 metre freestyle and failed to reach the semifinals.