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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 · Исмаил Ульд Шейх-Ахмед · 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]
Alias	Шейх-Ахмед, Исмаил Ульд				[sources]
Birth date	1950				[sources]
Place of birth	Nouakchott				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Mauritania · Yemen				[sources]
Citizenship	Mauritania				[sources]
Classification	International organization (past) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Ismail				[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	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

United Nations official

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, & Mauritanians Abroad	2018-06-11	2022-03-29

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,051

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

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