Naha Mint Mouknass
{{Short description|Mauritanian politician}}
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| name = Naha bint Mouknass
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| office2 = Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
| term_start2 = 5 August 2009
| term_end2 = 22 March 2011
| president2 = Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
| primeminister2 = Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
| predecessor2 = Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
| successor2 = Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi
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| birth_place = Nouakchott, Mauritania
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| party = Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP)
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| relations = Hamdi Ould Mouknass (father)
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| residence = Nouakchott
| alma_mater = Superior Institute of Management in Paris
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Naha bint Mouknass ({{langx|ar|الناهة بنت مكناس}}; born 10 March 1969) is a Mauritanian politician. She was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania, serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.
Early life and education
Bint Mouknass was born in 1969 in Nouakchott, she is the daughter of Hamdi Ould Mouknass, who served as Foreign Minister under Moktar Ould Daddah. Her family belongs to the El-Gor warrior tribe from the Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region.
She attended the Superior Institute of Management in Paris, graduating in 1995.{{Cite web |date=2006-10-31 |title=Naha Mint Mouknass – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/57967/archives-thematique/naha-mint-mouknass/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}
Career
Following her graduation, she returned to Nouakchott to work for the Coca-Cola Company.
In 2000, she became the President of the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP). She later became an Advisor to President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, serving in such a capacity between 2000 and 2001. Following this she was appointed Minister Advisor to the Presidency, serving from 2001 to the military ouster of President Ould Taya in August 2005.{{Cite web |date=2006-10-31 |title=Naha Mint Mouknass – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/57967/archives-thematique/naha-mint-mouknass/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}
Bint Mouknass speaks Hassaniya Arabic, French, and English.{{Cite web |title=NAHA MINT HAMDI OULD MOUKNASS {{!}} Primature |url=https://www.primature.gov.mr/fr/node/43 |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.primature.gov.mr}}
She was appointed Foreign Minister in August 2009, the first woman in Mauritania to head such a ministry.{{Cite web |date=2009-08-13 |title=موريتانيا.. الناهة بنت مكناس أول عربية تتولى حقيبة الخارجية |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009%2F08%2F13%2F81666.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=العربية |language=ar}}
In 2016 she was the Mauritanian Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister.{{Cite web |date=2016-05-23 |title=King invited to attend Mauritania-hosted Arab summit |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/king-invited-attend-mauritania-hosted-arab-summit |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Jordan Times |language=en}}
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Category:Female foreign ministers
Category:Foreign ministers of Mauritania
Category:Industry ministers of Mauritania
Category:Trade ministers of Mauritania
Category:Tourism ministers of Mauritania
Category:People from Nouakchott
Category:21st-century Mauritanian women politicians
Category:21st-century Mauritanian politicians