| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members | 17 July 2008 |
President | Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDELLAHI |
Prime Minister | Yahya Ould Ahmed El WAGHEF |
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Resources | Correra ISSAGHA |
Minister of Commerce | Salma Mint TEGUEDDI |
Minister of Culture & Communication | Abdellahi Salem Ould El MOUALLA |
Minister of Decentralization & Land Development | Yahya Ould KEBD |
Minister of Economic Affairs & Finance | Sidi Ould TAH |
Minister of Elementary Education & Secondary Education & the Fight Against Illiteracy | Mohamed Ould AMAR |
Minister of Employment, Integration, & Professional Training | Mohamed Lemine Ould NATI |
Minister of Equipment, Urban Development, & Housing | Mohamed Ould BILAL |
Minister of Fisheries | Sy ADAMA |
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation | Abdallahi Hassen Ben HMEIDA |
Minister of Handicrafts & Tourism | Ba MADINE |
Minister of Health | Camara Bakary HAROUNA |
Minister of Higher Education | Hemida Ould Ahmed TALEB |
Minister of Industry & Tourism | Mohamed AKHLIL |
Minister of Islamic Affairs & Original Education | Yahya Ould Sid'El MOUSTAPH |
Minister of Interior | Mohamed Ould R'ZEIZIM |
Minister of Justice | Ahmedou Tidjane BAL |
Minister of National Defense | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed LEMINE |
Minister of Oil & Mines | Baba Ahmed Ould Sidi MOHAMED |
Minister and Secretary General of the Presidency | Yahia Ould Ahmed EL OUAKEF |
Minister of Primary & Secondary Education | Nebghouha Bint Mohamed VALL |
Minister of Public Civil Service & Modernization of Administrative | Moustapha Ould HAMOUD |
Minister of Relations With Parliament & Civil Society | Lemrabott Ould BENNAHI |
Minister of Transportion | Ely Ould Mohamed Lemine Ould HAIMOUD |
Minister of Water Resources, Energy, & Technologies | Mohamed Ould BAHIYA |
Minister of Women's, Childhood, & Family Development | Fatimetou Mint KHATTRI |
Minister of Youth & Sport | Mohamed Ould BORBOSSE |
Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, in Charge of Environment | Abdallahi Ould DAHI |
Minister-Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation, in Charge of Arab Maghreb | Mekfoula Mint AGATT |
Secretary General of Government | Ba Abdoulate MAMADOU |
Commissioner in Charge of Social Security | Mohamed Ould MOHAMEDOU |
General Commissioner for Promotion of Private Investment | Mohamed Abdellahi Ould YAHA |
Ambassador to the US | Ibrahima DIA |
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York | Abderrahim Ould HADRAMI |