Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine

In this Mauritanian name, Ould Mohamed Lemine is a patronymic surname.

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine
President of the Union for the Republic party
In office 2 August 2009 – 29 December 2019
Preceded by	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Succeeded by	Sidi Mohamed Ould Taleb Amar
Minister of Defense
In office 28 April 2007[1] – 6 August 2008
President	Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Prime Minister	Zeine Ould Zeidane Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef
Minister of Interior, Posts, and Telecommunications
In office 30 March 2007[2] – 28 April 2007
President	Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Prime Minister	Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Hodh El Gharbi Region, Mauritania, French West Africa
Political party	Union for the Republic (UPR)
Residence	Nouakchott
Alma mater	University of Cairo
Occupation	Politician, professor, economist

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed Lemine (born in 1952) is a Mauritanian politician.[3]

Born in the Hodh El Gharbi region, Ould Mohamed Lemine graduated from the University of Cairo with a diploma in economics and has worked as a professor at the University of Nouakchott.

He served as Minister of Defense under Prime Minister's Zeine Ould Zeidane and Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef until the August 2008 coup which overthrew President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and created a new government with Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf as Prime Minister.[4][5]

Lemine was the President of the Union for the Republic party from 2009 to 2019.[6][7]

References

1. Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. 130.
2. Pazzanita, Anthony G. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. Scarecrow Press. p. 128.
3. Biografía en el Anuario del Gobierno de Mauritania Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (en francés).
4. Mauritania army names ministers, BBC News, 1 September 2008.
5. "Mauritania hits al-Qaeda-linked fighters: Military | Radio Netherlands Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
6. "رئيس الحزب - الموقع الرسمي لحزب الاتحاد من أجل الجمهورية". Retrieved 7 December 2016.
7. News, Morocco World (12 February 2013). "Speaker of lower house meets president of Mauritanian "Union for the Republic" party". Retrieved 7 December 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)