Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed

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 محمد لامين ولد أحمد
Mohamed Lamin Uld Ahmed giving a speech at Mahfoud Ali Beiba's funeral. Sahrawi refugee camps, 4 July 2010
Minister of Health
Incumbent
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
In office 1991–1999
Minister of Transportation
In office 18 September 1999 – 2003
Minister of Interior
In office 30 October 2003 – 2007
Personal details
Born	1947 Smara, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West Africa
Political party	POLISARIO
Parents	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.

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]

References

1. Fernando Orgambides (29 December 1985). "El nuevo Gobierno de la RASD incluye a saharauis formados en España" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
2. RENCONTRE AVEC LES FAMILLES DE DISPARUS SAHRAOUIS, Genève, 28 au 30 mars 2003 ARSO.org

External links

• Souvenence (Recollections) by Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (in French)