Maty Mint Hamady (born 1967) is a

Mauritania Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...

n economist and politician who has been Mayor of

Nouakchott Nouakchott ( ) is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania. Once a ...

, the capital and largest city of Mauritania, since 2014. Previously she was Minister of Public Service, Labour and Modernization of Administration from 2011 to 2013.

Early life

Hamady was born in 1967 in Ayoun el Atrous and grew up in a politically active family. Attending a high school in

, she earned her baccalauréat in 1986. She continued her studies in Mauritania and studied economics, earning a bachelor's degree in 1988 at the

University of Nouakchott The University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya (, ) is a university in the city of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania. History The university was created in July 2016 from the merger of the University of Science, Technology and Medicine and the Uni ...

. She specialized in public economics and received her MA in 1990.

Career

In 1991, Hamady began working for the municipality of Nouakchott in the Financial Management division. She became head of the division of the tax census in 1993, and in 1997 she was promoted to head of the department of external relations. In 1999, Hamady became an auditor for the Court of Auditors. She joined the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 2006 and the Central Bank. She served for two years as Director of Competition, Consumer Protection and Fraud Control at the Ministry and subsequently became a member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Mauritania in 2007. In 2009, Hamady became assistant director of SONIMEX, an import and export company. The following year she was made a Commissioner of Investment Promotion. She conducted a meeting of Qatari and Iranian investors and offered her help to achieve their investment projects. She was appointed as Minister of Public Service, Labour and Modernization of Administration in March 2011. In August 2011, the government increased the minimum wage from 21,000 to 30,000 UM. She served in her ministerial post until December 2013. On 4 February 2014, Hamady was elected as Mayor of Nouakchott, becoming the first female mayor in the city's history (but not in the history of Mauritania). She defeated Mohamed Ould Elhacen from the moderate Islamist party Tewassoul. "My election is a distinction message of Mauritanian women," she said.

Personal life

She is married and has three children. Hamady speaks Arabic and French.

References

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