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Mauritania: Ghazouani appoints a 29-member government

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Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has appointed a 29-member government led by El Moctar Ould Djay, reappointed as prime minister. The team succeeds the previous one and is tasked with prioritising social protection, youth employment and regional development, according to Beninwebtv.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed a 29-member government on Saturday 10 October, led by El Moctar Ould Djay, who was reappointed as prime minister. The team’s composition was announced at the presidential palace in Nouakchott after the previous cabinet resigned, according to Beninwebtv.

The new cabinet has 28 ministers and one minister delegate. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug takes the foreign affairs and African cooperation portfolio, while Ba Ousmane has been appointed to defence and El Moctar Ould Ahmed Bouceif to the interior, according to Beninwebtv.

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Mauritania Forms Government

Ghazouani tasks El Moctar Ould Djay with forming a government and later appoints a 29-member cabinet.

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  3. 11 OctThree key figures leave reshuffled Mauritanian government
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