Ahmed Ould Teguedi Explained

Ahmed Ould Teguedi
Native Name:أحمد ولد تكدي
Native Name Lang:ar
Office2:Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Term Start2:18 September 2013
Term End2:30 January 2015
President2:Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Primeminister2:Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Predecessor2:Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi
Successor2:Vatma Vall Mint Soueina
Office3:Mauritanian Ambassador to the United Nations
Term Start3:18 January 2012
Term End3:18 September 2013
President3:Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Primeminister3:Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Office4:Mauritanian Ambassador to Israel
Term Start4:1999
Term End4:2009
Birth Date:1954
Birth Place:Chinguetti, Colony of Mauritania
Alma Mater:Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Profession:Diplomat
Termend2:30 January 2015

Ahmed Ould Teguedi (Arabic: أحمد ولد تكدي; born 1954) is a Mauritanian diplomat. He was Mauritania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation between 2013 and 2015.[1] [2]

Life and career

Ould Teguedi was born in Chinguetti, then part of the French Colony of Mauritania. He studied at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania, from where he received a master's degree in economic planning and cybernetics.[3]

Ould Teguedi has a long career in Mauritania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, having joined the Ministry in 1981. After joining the Ministry, he headed Mauritania's Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Americas and European Economic Community/African-Caribbean-Pacific Divisions.[3]

Later, from 1987 to 1988, he served as Second Counsellor in Washington D.C., where he was also in charge of Mauritania's relations with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.[3]

In August 1988 he was appointed as Mauritania's First Counsellor in Egypt from August 1988, a position he held until December 1990. He also gained an appointment as Chargé d'affaires in August 1990.[3]

He held the position of Mauritania's Chargé d'affaires in Yemen between 1991 and 1993, following which he became the First Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires at Mauritania's Embassy in Morocco from 1993 to 1995.[3]

He then became Head of the office responsible for Mauritanian interests in Tel Aviv between 1995 and 1999, and later served as Mauritania's Ambassador to Israel from 1999 to 2009.[3]

In January 2012 he became Mauritania's Ambassador to the United Nations, and served in this capacity until 18 September 2013, when he was appointed as Mauritania's Foreign Minister in a cabinet reshuffle, he occupied this function until 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mauritania replaces oil and foreign ministers in reshuffle . Reuters Africa . 18 September 2013 . 19 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Visite d'Ahmed Ould Teguedi, ministre mauritanien des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération et président en exercice du Conseil exécutif de l'UA, à la CE . 2024-03-25 . www.europeana.eu . fr-FR.
  3. New Permanent Representative of Mauritania Presents Credentials . 18 January 2012 . United Nations . New York . 2013-09-19 .