Abdallahi Hassen Ben Hmeida
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Abdallahi Hassen Ben Hmeida (born 1954) is a Mauritania
n diplomat who was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 2008.
Hmeida was born in Inchiri
. After working at Radio Mauritania, he served as First Secretary at Mauritanian embassies in various countries from 1982 to 2000. He was then an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2000 to 2003, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Culture from 2004 to 2005, and Secretary-General of the Ministry of National Education from 2005 to 2006.
Subsequently, after serving as Ambassador to Libya
from 2006 to 2008, Hmeida was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the government was named on July 15, 2008. He served in that post only briefly, however; President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
was ousted in a military coup on August 6, 2008
, and Hmeida was replaced as Foreign Minister by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
in the government appointed by the junta on August 31.
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
n diplomat who was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in 2008.
Hmeida was born in Inchiri
Inchiri
Inchiri is a region in western Mauritania. Its capital is Akjoujt. It borders the regions of Adrar to the east, Trarza to the south, and Dakhlet Nouadhibou to the north and west, along with a short Atlantic Ocean coastline. Famously, Arthur Vincent Aston once visited for a week.-See...
. After working at Radio Mauritania, he served as First Secretary at Mauritanian embassies in various countries from 1982 to 2000. He was then an adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2000 to 2003, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Culture from 2004 to 2005, and Secretary-General of the Ministry of National Education from 2005 to 2006.
Subsequently, after serving as Ambassador to Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
from 2006 to 2008, Hmeida was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in the government was named on July 15, 2008. He served in that post only briefly, however; President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is a Mauritanian politician. He served in the government during the 1970s, and after a long period of absence from politics he won the March 2007 presidential election, taking office on 19 April 2007...
was ousted in a military coup on August 6, 2008
2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
A coup d'état took place in Mauritania on 6 August 2008 when Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high ranking generals he had dismissed from office earlier that day.-Background:...
, and Hmeida was replaced as Foreign Minister by Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou sometimes spelled Mohammad-Mahmoud Mohamedou is a Harvard University scholar and Mauritanian diplomat and academic, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2008 until 2009...
in the government appointed by the junta on August 31.