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Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

1956 - Today

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Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani (Arabic: محمد ولد الشيخ محمد أحمد ولد الغزواني; born 4 December 1956), also known as Ghazouani and Ould Ghazouani, is a Mauritanian politician and retired army general who has been the 9th President of Mauritania since 2019, and the 22nd chairperson of the African Union from February 2024 until February 2025. Ghazouani is a former general-director of National Security and former chief of staff of the Armed Forces of Mauritania (2008–2018). He was defense minister of Mauritania from October 2018 to March 2019. At that time a close ally of his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, he was elected president of Mauritania on 22 June 2019 following the 2019 presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is the 5,982nd most popular politician (down from 5,332nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Mauritania (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mauritanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani ranks 5,982 out of 19,576Before him are Dino Grandi, Manuel I of Trebizond, Takelot II, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Marcus Livius Drusus, Chungmok of Goryeo, Neferneferure, Michael I Apafi, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani ranks 65Before him are Ian Curtis, Imelda Staunton, Almazbek Atambayev, La Toya Jackson, Hal Finney, and Joan Allen. After him are Jan Peter Balkenende, Milan Babić, Iveta Radičová, El Risitas, Georg Gänswein, and Catherine Ashton.

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In Mauritania

Among people born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani ranks 4 out of 20Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956), and Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941). After him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Abderrahmane Sissako (1961), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Malouma (1960), and Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In Mauritania

Among politicians born in Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani ranks 4Before him are Moktar Ould Daddah (1924), Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (1956), and Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941). After him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (1938), Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly (1943), Mustafa Ould Salek (1936), Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953), Mohamed Ould Bilal (1963), Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (1957), Yahya Ould Hademine (1953), and Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (1957).