Fatimatou Mint Abdel Malick (born 1958) is a
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gà nnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
n politician who has served as
mayor
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of
Tevragh-Zeina
Tevragh-Zeina is a suburb of Nouakchott and Communes of Mauritania, urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Nouakchott-Ouest Region and has a population of 48,093.
The current mayor is Fatimetou Abdel Maleck, Oumama Abdou.
The ...
since 2001. She was the first woman in her country to hold the position of mayor. From 2012 to 2015 she served as president of
The Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA).
Early life and education
Abdel Malik was born in 1958 in
Tamchakett
Tamchakett ( ar, تامشكط) is a town and commune in the Hodh El Gharbi Region of south-central Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gà ...
, where her father was an administrator.
[ She studied ]computer science
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in Louvain-la-Neuve
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, Belgium
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.[
]
Career
Abdel Malik ran a computer services office, MINFE, in Nouakchott
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before working as the network administrator for Habitat Bank.Prime Minister
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's Office.[
In 2001, Abdel Malick was asked to run for municipal office by the then ]Democratic and Social Republican Party
The Democratic Republican Party for Renewal (french: Parti Républicain Démocratique pour le Renouvellement - PRDR) is a political party in Mauritania. Formerly known as the Democratic and Social Republican Party, (french: Parti Républicain Dà ...
, and she was elected mayor of Tevragh-Zeina, one of the nine communes
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of the Nouakchott Urban Community.[
From 2012 until December 2015, Abdel Malick served as the president of the Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa.]Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
in March 2011, brings together women elected in local government positions.Maty Mint Hamady Maty Mint Hamady (born 1967) 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 Administrati ...
.[
]
Awards and honours
* "Champion for Resilience" 2013
* Knight of Honour of the Republic of the Congo
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2013
* FAO
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Medal 2015[
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Personal life
Abdel Malick is a single mother to three children.[ She is a ]Muslim
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.[
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References
External links
Ford Foundation interview
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Living people
1958 births
21st-century Mauritanian women politicians
21st-century Mauritanian politicians
Mayors of places in Mauritania
Women mayors of places in Mauritania
Republican Party for Democracy and Renewal politicians
People from Hodh El Gharbi Region