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Female Party Leaders of Mauritania/ République Islamique de Mauritania/Jumhuriyet Muritaniya
al-Islamiyah
(Female Suffrage 1946/61) 1958 an autonomous republic within the French
Community, independent 1960
Around
1999- Leader of the Union for Democracy and Progress Party Al Naha Bint
Miknass
Also known as Al-Nahah Bint Miknas, she took over as party leader after the
death of her father, the former Prime Minister Hamdi Ould Miknass. Her party
got 3 seats in the 2006-elections
..... Leader of the Mauritanian al Amal Party Tahia Bint Habib
Until
Junior Minister of Urban- and Rural Development 1995-2000 and
Last update 19.11.10