Ould Boubacar, Mauritanian presidential candidate on MB, Qatari wings
Qatar’s support to the Muslim
Brotherhood in Mauritania is still on; as former Mauritanian Prime Minister
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar on Saturday announced that he will run in the
upcoming presidential election due in June 2019.
Boubacar, 61, said in a statement
Saturday he had decided to run as an independent candidates after "deep
examination of the situation in the country" and discussions with
"political figures and forces".
Ould Boubacar claimed he would
stand in Mauritania’s presidential election as an “independent candidate”, but
with support from the opposition Islamist Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated party
Tewassoul.
The Muslim Brotherhood decided to
nominate Ould Boubacar after the opposition failed to agree on a sole candidate
against the government nominee General Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, the current
Minister of Defense.
In March, Qatari Leaks revealed
that Qatar’s regime is trying to penetrate Mauritania again by supporting Ould
Boubacar in the presidential run.
Ould Boubacar’s relation to Qatar
was exposed upon meeting with Cheikh Mohamed El Hassan Ould Dedew, who is known
for his close relation with Doha, and spent the recent period in Turkey, before
he came back to Mauritania.
According to Mauritanian press,
Qatar is trying to convince some of its loyal parties in Mauritania with
providing the necessary support to Ould Boubacar, not to mention that Doha is
funding Boubacar’s presidential campaign.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar was
Prime Minister of Mauritania from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2007. He
was born in 1957 in northwest Mauritania’s Atar.
In March 1984 he became Treasurer
General of Mauritania. Subsequently, during the rule of Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed
Taya, he became Director of the Supervision of Publicly Owned Establishments in
1985, Director of the Budget in 1986, and Controller General of Finances in
1987. He became Director of the Plan in December 1987, then Director of the
Treasury and Public Accounts in April 1988.
In 2007, he was asked to remain
in office in a caretaker capacity until the swearing in of the new president,
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi,
