Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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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.
Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed | |
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محمد لامين ولد أحمد | |
Ahmed giving a speech at Mahfoud Ali Beiba's funeral in 2010 | |
| Minister of Health[citation needed] | |
| Assumed office 2 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
| In office 5 March 1976 – 4 November 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| In office 18 December 1985 – 16 August 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| Succeeded by | Mahfoud Ali Beiba |
| President of the Sahrawi National Council[citation needed] | |
| In office 1991–1999 | |
| Minister of Transportation[citation needed] | |
| In office 18 September 1999 – 29 October 2003 | |
| Minister of Interior[citation needed] | |
| In office 30 October 2003 – 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Party | POLISARIO |
| Parent(s) | Moulay Ahmed Ould Mohamed el-Hassan Leili (father), Nouna Mint Abdellahi (mother) |
Since January 2012, he is the Minister of Health of the Sahrawi Republic.[citation needed]
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]
