Mohamed Ould Tolba

Who is Mohamed Ould Tolba?

Mohamed Ould Tolba was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania from 2002 to 2003.

Tolba was born in R'Kiz, in Trarza Region. He attended secondary school from 1974 to 1980 in Boutilimitt and Nouakchott, and he subsequently studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He was a secondary school teacher from 1984 to 1987 and worked at the Ministry of National Education from 1987 to 2002, being named Secretary-General of that ministry in March 2002. He was then appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on October 27, 2002.