Naha bint Mouknass
الناهة بنت مكناس
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
In office 5 August 2009 – 22 March 2011
President	Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Prime Minister	Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
Preceded by	Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Succeeded by	Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi
Personal details
Born	(1969-03-10) 10 March 1969 (age 55) Nouakchott, Mauritania
Political party	Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP)
Relations	Hamdi Ould Mouknass (father)
Residence	Nouakchott
Alma mater	Superior Institute of Management in Paris
Profession	Politician, Diplomat

Naha bint Mouknass (Arabic: الناهة بنت مكناس; born 10 March 1969) is a Mauritanian politician. She was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania, serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.

Early life and education

Bint Mouknass was born in 1969 in Nouakchott, she is the daughter of Hamdi Ould Mouknass, who served as Foreign Minister under Moktar Ould Daddah. Her family belongs to the El-Gor warrior tribe from the Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region.

She attended the Superior Institute of Management in Paris, graduating in 1995.^[1]

Career

Following her graduation, she returned to Nouakchott to work for the Coca-Cola Company.

In 2000, she became the President of the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP). She later became an Advisor to President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, serving in such a capacity between 2000 and 2001. Following this she was appointed Minister Advisor to the Presidency, serving from 2001 to the military ouster of President Ould Taya in August 2005.^[2]

Bint Mouknass speaks Hassaniya Arabic, French, and English.^[3]

She was appointed as Foreign Minister in August 2009, the first woman in Mauritania to head such a ministry.^[4]

In 2016 she was the Mauritanian Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister.^[5]