Moctar Ould Diay appointed as Mauritania’s new prime minister

Moctar Ould Diay appointed as Mauritania’s new prime minister

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has appointed Moctar Ould Diay as the country’s new Prime Minister, following his inauguration for a second term after winning the June presidential election.

Ould Diay, is a Morocco trained engineer who graduated from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA) in Rabat.

The appointment was announced in a presidential decree on Friday evening, just a day after President Ghazouani’s swearing-in ceremony.

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