Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed (born August 11, 1949
at AMI website .) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician who has twice served as foreign minister, from 1998 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2007.

Biography

Ould Sid'Ahmed was born in

Tidjikja Tidjikja () is the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania, lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people. The town is known for its palm trees and its vernacular architecture. The town ...

. He served in the Mauritanian foreign ministry as assistant director of cooperation from August 1973 to March 1975, was an advisor to Mauritania's permanent mission to the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

from March 1975 to October 1982, and was the foreign ministry's director of international organizations from October 1982 to February 1988. He was then Ambassador to

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

from February 1988 to June 1990 and Secretary of State in charge of the Arab

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

from June 1990 to April 1992. A succession of diplomatic posts followed: Ambassador to

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

from June 1992 to August 1993, Ambassador in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, and

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

, and representative to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

from August 1993 to April 1996, Permanent Representative to the

from 1996 to 1997, Ambassador to the

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from May 1997 to November 1998. In November 1998, Sid'Ahmed became Minister of Foreign Affairs. During his time as Foreign Minister, he led Mauritania's normalization of relations with

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in 1999.Ahmed Mohamed
"Freed Islamic leaders in Mauritania say ousted leader's policies fomented extremism"
, Associated Press (signonsandiego.com), August 10, 2005. He served as Foreign Minister until Dah Ould Abdi was appointed to replace him on January 28, 2001."Remaniement partiel du gouvernement"
, AMI, January 29, 2001. He subsequently served as Ambassador to Syria from November 2003 to August 2005. Following a military coup (August 2005), he was again appointed foreign minister on 10 August 2005 as part of the new government, and served in that position until a new government was named on 28 April 2007, following elections and the restoration of civilian rule.

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