Nana Mint Cheikhna is a member of Parliament in Mauritania. [1] [2] [3]
Nana Mint Cheikhna is a member of Parliament in Mauritania. [1] [2] [3]
Dimi Mint Abba was one of Mauritania's most famous musicians. She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in Tidjikja in Mauritania. 1958, into a low-caste ("iggawin") family specializing in the griot tradition.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the government during the 1970s, and after a long period of absence from politics he won the March 2007 presidential election, taking office on 19 April 2007. He was deposed in a military coup d'état on 6 August 2008.
Ibrahima Moctar Sarr is a Mauritanian journalist and politician of the Fulani ethnicity. Running as an independent candidate, he placed fifth in the March 2007 presidential election, and he has been the President of the Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Renewal (AJD/MR) party from August 2007 until January 2024.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is a retired Mauritanian military officer and politician who served as the 8th President of Mauritania from 2009 to 2019.
Sylvie Andrieux was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, from 1997 to 2016 and sat initially as a member of Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. She is implicated in the scandal of misappropriation of the Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur subventions
The 2nd constituency of Yvelines is a French legislative constituency in the Yvelines département.
Abdoul Bocar Ba is a professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Kosovan club Besa Pejë. Born in Senegal, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
Malouma Mint El Meidah, also simply Maalouma or Malouma, is a Mauritanian singer, songwriter and politician. Raised in the south-west of the country by parents versed in traditional Mauritanian music, she first performed when she was twelve, soon featuring in solo concerts. Her first song "Habibi Habeytou" harshly criticized the way in which women were treated by their husbands. Though an immediate success, it caused an outcry from the traditional ruling classes. After being forced into marriage while still a teenager, Malouma had to give up singing until 1986. She developed her own style combining traditional music with blues, jazz, and electro. Appearing on television with songs addressing highly controversial topics such as conjugal life, poverty and inequality, she was censored in Mauritania in the early 1990s but began to perform abroad by the end of the decade. After the ban was finally lifted, she relaunched her singing and recording career, gaining popularity, particularly among the younger generation. Her fourth album, Knou (2014), includes lyrics expressing her views on human rights and women's place in society.
Maty Mint Hamady is a Mauritanian economist and politician who has been Mayor of Nouakchott, the capital and largest city of Mauritania, since 2014. Previously she was Minister of Public Service, Labour and Modernization of Administration from 2011 to 2013.
Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou is a Mauritanian writer, working in French.
Vatma Vall Mint Soueina is a Mauritanian politician woman who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2015, and as Minister of Livestock from 2015 to 2018.
Paula Forteza is a French politician who was elected to the National Assembly of France in the 2017 French legislative election as a member of La République En Marche!. She represents the Second constituency for French residents overseas. Head of Cédric Villani list in the 19th arrondissement of Paris for the 2020 French municipal elections, she left LREM during the campaign.
Géraldine Bannier is a French teacher and politician who has served as Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem).
Caroline Fiat is a French medical caregiver and politician who represented the 6th constituency of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024. From 2022 to 2024, she held one of the National Assembly's six vice presidencies. Fiat is a member of La France Insoumise, having previously been an activist in the French Communist Party.
Danièle Obono is a left-wing Gabonese-French politician who has represented the Paris's 17th constituency in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), she was reelected in the first round of the 2022 legislative election and again in the 2024 legislative election.
Opportune Aymadji is a Chadian filmmaker and politician. She is a Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) Member of the National Assembly. In July 2015 she unsuccessfully attempted to become MPS Regional Secretary General for Logone Oriental.
Mekfoula Mint Brahim is a feminist and Women Human Rights Defender in Mauritania, fighting discrimination and speaking against religious extremism. She is President of Pour une Mauritanie Verte et Démocratique.
Naha Mint Mohamed Lemine Ould Seyyidi was a Mauritanian journalist. She was considered the first woman to work in media in Mauritania.
Aïchatou Maïnassara was a Nigerien politician and member of the Nigerien Patriotic Movement.
Mélanie Thomin is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who was elected a Deputy for Finistère's 6th constituency under the NUPES party label during the 2022 French legislative election.
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