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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Politician

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed · Шейх-Ахмед, Исмаил Ульд · איסמעיל וואלד שייח אחמד · إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد · イスマイル・ウルド・シェイク・アフメド				[sources]
Other name	إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد‎				[sources]
Birth date	1950				[sources]
Place of birth	Nouakchott				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Mauritania · Yemen				[sources]
Citizenship	Mauritania				[sources]
First name	Ismail				[sources]
Keywords	International organization				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16733931				[sources]
Position	Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad (2018-2022) · Special Envoy to the Secretary-General on Yemen (2015-2018)				[sources]
Education	Maastricht University · University of Manchester · University of Montpellier				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Last change	2025-04-03	Last processed	2025-04-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

United Nations official

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Special Envoy to the Secretary-General on Yemen	2015-04-25	2018-02-16
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad	2018-06-11	2022-03-29

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Source data IDs: us-cia-mauritania-ismail-ould-cheikh-ahmed-min-of-foreign-affairs-cooperation · us-cia-mauritania-ismael-ould-cheikh-ahmed-chef-de-cabinet

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