Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed

Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

محمد لامين ولد أحمد

Ahmed giving a speech at Mahfoud Ali Beiba's funeral in 2010

Minister of Health

Incumbent

Assumed office
2 January 2012Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicIn office
5 March 1976 – 4 November 1982Preceded byOffice EstablishedSucceeded byMahfoud Ali BeibaIn office
18 December 1985 – 16 August 1988Preceded byMahfoud Ali BeibaSucceeded byMahfoud Ali BeibaPresident of the Sahrawi National CouncilIn office
1991–1999Minister of TransportationIn office
18 September 1999 – 29 October 2003Minister of InteriorIn office
30 October 2003 – 2007 Personal detailsBorn1947
Smara, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West AfricaPolitical partyPOLISARIOParent(s)Moulay Ahmed Ould Mohamed el-Hassan Leili (father), Nouna Mint Abdellahi (mother)

Politics of the SADR


Constitution Nationality law
Executive President Brahim Gali Prime Minister Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun
Legislature Sahrawi National Council President: Hamma Salama
Judiciary Constitutional Council Supreme Court Court of Appeal Judicial system
Politics Parties: Polisario Front
Administrative divisions Free Zones Municipalities Sahrawi refugee camps
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2019 2023 Legislative: 2016 2020 2023
Foreign relations International recognition Political status of Western Sahara Western Sahara conflict ICJ Advisory Opinion Diplomatic missions of / to the SADR Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (Arabic: محمد لامين ولد أحمد; born 1947) is a Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front.

Since January 2012, he is the Minister of Health of the Sahrawi Republic.

Born in Smara^[1] and being one of the founding members of the POLISARIO, Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed became the first Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in 1976, and held the post until 1982.

He returned to office in 1985–88 and has been a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario since. According to Amnesty International, 11 of his family members have been "disappeared" by Moroccan security personnel for political reasons.^[2]

References

^ Fernando Orgambides (29 December 1985). "El nuevo Gobierno de la RASD incluye a saharauis formados en España" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
^ RENCONTRE AVEC LES FAMILLES DE DISPARUS SAHRAOUIS, Genève, 28 au 30 mars 2003 ARSO.org

External links

Souvenence (Recollections) by Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (in French)

Political offices
Preceded by None, inaugural holder	Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 1976–1982	Succeeded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Preceded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba	Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 1985–1988	Succeeded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba