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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

United Nations official (born 1960)

Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed (Arabic: إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد; born 9 November 1960, in Nouakchott) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 25 April 2015[1] to 26 February 2018.[2]

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Prior to that posting, Ahmed served as United Nations Special Representative for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).[3]

Prior to that appointment of 11 December 2014, Ahmed was the Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).[4]

He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania from 11 June 2018 to 31 March 2022.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Secretary-General appoints Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed as new special envoy for Yemen
  2. [2]
    "U.N. Yemen mediator to step down next month: U.N. spokesman". U.S. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Secretary-General Appoints Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania Special Representative for United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response". Press release. United Nations. 30 January 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Secretary-General Appoints Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania Deputy Special Representative for Libya". Press release. United Nations. 30 January 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Nouveau gouvernement en Mauritanie, départ du ministre des Affaires étrangères". VOA (in French). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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