Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed

Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed
محمد لامين ولد أحمد
Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed; محمد لامين ولد أحمد
	Mohamed Lamin Uld Ahmed giving a speech at Mahfoud Ali Beiba's funeral. Sahrawi refugee camps, 4 July 2010
Minister of Health
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 January 2012
Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
	In office; 5 March 1976 – 4 November 1982
	In office; 18 December 1985 – 16 August 1988
President of the Sahrawi National Council
	In office; 1991–1999
Minister of Transportation
	In office; 18 September 1999 – 2003
Minister of Interior
	In office; 30 October 2003 – 2007
Personal details
Born	1947; Smara, Spanish Sahara, Spanish West Africa
Political party	POLISARIO
Parent(s)	Moulay Ahmed ould Mohamed el-Hassan Leili (father), Nouna Mint Abdellahi (mother)

Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed (Arabic: محمد لامين ولد أحمد; born 1947) is a Sahrawi politician, writer and member of the Polisario Front.

Since January 2012, he is the Minister of Health of the Sahrawi Republic.

Born in Smara^[1] and being one of the founding members of the POLISARIO, Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed became the first Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in 1976, and held the post until 1982. He returned to office in 1985–88 and has been a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario since. According to Amnesty International, 11 of his family members have been "disappeared" by Moroccan security personnel for political reasons.^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by None, inaugural holder	Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 1976–1982	Succeeded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba
Preceded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba	Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Republic 1985–1988	Succeeded by Mahfoud Ali Beiba

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