Leonard Mosher

Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf (Arabic: مولاي ولد محمد لغظف‎) (born 1957) has served as the Prime Minister of Mauritania since August 2008. Laghdaf was born in Néma. An engineer and a member of the Tajakant tribe, he became Mauritania\'s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in 2006 before being appointed as Prime Minister by junta leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on August 14, 2008. His appointment followed a military coup earlier in the month, and some suggested that he might have been appointed in...