Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed (Arabic: إسماعيل ولد الشيخ أحمد; born 9 November 1960) is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 25 April 2015^[1] to 26 February 2018.^[2]

Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed (2017)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania
In office 11 June 2018 – 31 March 2022
Preceded by	Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih
Succeeded by	Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug
United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen
In office 25 April 2015 – 26 February 2018
Appointed by	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Jamal Benomar
Succeeded by	Martin Griffiths
Personal details
Born	(1960-11-09) 9 November 1960 (age 64) Nouakchott, Mauritania

Prior to that posting, Ahmed served as United Nations Special Representative for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).^[3]

Prior to that appointment of 11 December 2014, Ahmed was the Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).^[4]

He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania from 11 June 2018 to 31 March 2022.^[5]