Mokhtar Ahmed Bousseif took office as Mauritania's minister of the interior, decentralisation promotion and local development on Monday, October 12. He received the handover from his predecessor, Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine, at the ministry's headquarters in Nouakchott, according to a ministry statement.
Yacoub Ould Salem Vall, the minister delegate responsible for decentralisation and local development, and the ministry's secretary-general, Abderrahmane Ould El Hassen, attended the ceremony. Officials from the National Guard, national police, civil protection service and the national agency for population registration and secure documents also attended, alongside the governors of Nouakchott's three regions and senior ministry officials.
