Mohamed al-Bakay
09 August 2019•Update: 09 August 2019
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania
The Mauritanian presidency announced the country's new cabinet late on Thursday .
The new government was announced in a statement aired by state TV.
On Aug. 1, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was sworn in as Mauritania’s newly-elected president for a five-year term.
Ghazouani, 63, is Mauritania's tenth president since its independence from France in 1960.
He won the June 22 presidential election with 52% of the vote.
