Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar

In this Mauritanian name, Ould Boubacar is a patronymic surname.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر
Ould Boubacar in 2017
6th Prime Minister of Mauritania
In office
18 April 1992 – 2 January 1996
PresidentMaaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Preceded byMaaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Succeeded byCheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
In office
7 August 2005 – 20 April 2007
PresidentEly Ould Mohamed Vall
Preceded bySghair Ould M'Bareck
Succeeded byZeine Ould Zeidane
Personal details
Born (1957-05-31) 31 May 1957 (age 67)
Atar, French Mauritania
Political partyRepublican Party for Democracy and Renewal (PRDS)

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد بوبكر; born on 31 May 1957)[1] is a Mauritanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Mauritania twice, from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2007.[2]

Life and career

Born in Atar in 1957, Sidi Mohamed became regional treasurer in Nouadhibou in April 1983 and then technical adviser to the Minister of Finance and Trade in November 1983. In March 1984, he became Treasurer-General of Mauritania.

Subsequently, during the rule of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, he became Director of the supervision of publicly owned establishments in 1985, Director of the budget in 1986 and Controller-General of finances in 1987. He became Director of the plan in December 1987, then Director of the treasury and public accounts in April 1988.[1][3]

Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar became Minister of Finance in October 1990[1] and was appointed prime minister on 18 April 1992.[4] He held the latter position until he was dismissed by President Maaouya on 2 January 1996.[4][5][6] On 6 January 1996, he was elected Secretary-General of the ruling party, the Democratic and Social Republican Party (PRDS).[4][7] He was appointed Director of the Presidential Cabinet in 2001.[1][8] And he became Mauritania's Ambassador to France in 2004.[1][9][10]

Following a military coup against Maaouya on 3 August 2005,[11][12] he returned to his country from France (where he was appointed Ambassador by the Ould Taya's Government in 2004), on 6 August and was appointed prime minister on 7 August by Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, head of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (CMJD). Sidi Mohamed's appointment came shortly after the resignation of Sghair Ould M'Bareck, Maaouya's last prime minister before he was ousted in a coup.[13][9][14] Sidi Mohamed is a member of the Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal, the successor party of the ruling PRDS.[15]

Like the members of Military Council for Justice and Democracy, Sidi Mohamed was not allowed to run for president in the March 2007 presidential election.[16] Following the election and the confirmation of the results by the Constitutional Council, Sidi Mohamed submitted his resignation to Ely on 31 March; he was asked to remain in office in a caretaker capacity until the swearing in of the new president, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, on 19 April,[17][18] after which Sidi appointed Zeine Ould Zeidane as prime minister on 20 April.[19]

He was a presidential candidate in the June 2019 elections.[20] On 22 June 2019, he received 17.87% of the electoral votes behind General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (52.01%) and activist Biram Dah Abeid (18.58) in the election.[21][22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Premier Ministre" (in French). Agence Mauritanienne d'Information. Archived from the original on 19 March 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 21 January 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 21 January 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "MAURITANIE: Repères événementiels" [MAURITANIA: Event benchmarks] (in French). Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Mauritanian prime minister fired by president". CNN. 3 January 1996.
  6. ^ "CNN - World News Briefs - Jan. 3, 1996". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Wayback Machine". 10 February 2005. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Le nouveau Représentant permanent de la Mauritanie auprès des Nations Unies présente ses lettres de créance | UN Press". press.un.org. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Mauritania names new prime minister". Al Jazeera. 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006.
  10. ^ "allAfrica.com: Travel". fr.travel.allafrica.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  11. ^ "CNN.com - Soldiers in Mauritania stage coup - Aug 3, 2005". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  12. ^ "I'll Be Back, Vows Ousted Mauritanian Leader". Arab News. 9 August 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Démission du premier ministre Sghaïr Ould M'Bareck". L'Obs (in French). 8 August 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Mauritanie - Ould Taya appelle « ses forces à intervenir » La junte militaire à Nouakchott confirme ses intentions démocratiques". L'Orient-Le Jour. 9 August 2005. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Mauritania: AU "reassured", new rulers name government - Mauritania | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Military rulers unveil new Mauritanian cabinet". Middle East Online. 10 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006.
  17. ^ "Mauritanian Premier resigns". African Press Agency. 1 April 2007.[dead link]
    - "Mauritanian PM tenders resignation". People's Daily Online. Xinhua. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  18. ^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (27 March 2007). "Successful Elections in Mauritania". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Mauritanie: Zeine Ould Zeidane nommé Premier ministre" [Mauritania: Zeine Ould Zeidane named primer minister]. Jeune Afrique (in French). AFP. 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Mauritania on the eve of the presidential election". Fondation pour al récherche stratégique.[dead link]
  21. ^ Lamine Ghanmi (29 June 2019). "'Historic' Mauritanian elections contested by opposition". The Arab Weekly.
  22. ^ "Mauritania opposition candidates challenge presidential election result". Reuters. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Mauritania
1992–1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Mauritania
2005–2007 		Succeeded by