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The Foreign Ministry of Mauritania

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Positions:

  • UN Special Envoy for Yemen: April 2015 - February 2018
  • Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Fight against Ebola (UNMEER): 2014 
  • Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and Coordinator Resident and Humanitarian for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Libya (UNSMIL): 2014 
  • Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Yemen: 2012-2014
  • Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Syria: 2008-2012 
  • Director for Reform and Change at UNICEF Headquarters in New York, 
    Deputy Regional Director of UNICEF for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi,
  • Resident Representative in Georgia 2002-2005 
  • Unicef Operations Officer in several countries 1986-1997 
  • Commissariar for Food Security, Mauritania 1985-1986

Qualifications

  • Master’s in human resources development from the University of Manchester (England), 
  • Bachelor’s in economics from the University of Montpellier (France) 
  • Certificate of Advanced Studies in Economics and Social Policy Analysis from the University of Maastricht (Holland).

Languages

French, Arabic, English