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The Embassy of Mauritania in Berlin |
Contact
Address: Joachimsthaler Straße 30, D- 10719 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 206 58 83
E-mail: info@mauretanien-embassy.de
The Ambassador
H.E. Boubacar Kane
His Excellency Boubacar Kane was appointed as the non-resident Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the Federal Republic of Germany on 23 October 2023, presenting his credentials on 10 September 2024. A distinguished physician and statesman, Ambassador Kane brings to his diplomatic role a wealth of experience in public health leadership, international cooperation, and academic medicine.
Prior to his current posting, Ambassador Kane served as Mauritania’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain from November 2019 to September 2023. During this tenure, he also represented Mauritania at the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona and at the International Olive Council.
From February 2016 to July 2019, he held the position of Minister of Health of Mauritania, leading national health policy and reform. His earlier roles within the Ministry of Health include serving as “Chargé de Mission” in 2012, Head Manager of the National Institute for Viral Hepatitis Diseases Program in 2014, and Advisor to the Ministry in 2005.
Ambassador Kane's medical career is equally distinguished. He was Director of Hospital Cheikh Zayed in Nouakchott from 2000 to 2005 and Chief of Surgery at the National Hospital of Nouakchott from 1993 to 2000. Since 1992, he has served as a staff attending physician at the University of Medicine in Nouakchott and has practiced as a digestive surgeon since 1996.
His academic credentials include a Doctorate of Medicine from the Sousse School of Medicine in Tunisia (1979–1986), a surgical residency at the University of Tunisia (1986–1992), specialization in digestive surgery (1992–1999), and appointment as Professor of Digestive Surgery at the University of Tunisia in 1999.
Ambassador Kane has been recognized with several honors, including the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Order of Civil Merit from the Kingdom of Spain, the National Recognition Medal of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and the WHO Director-General Special Award on 22 May 2019.
Born on 1 February 1961, Ambassador Kane is married and has four children.
History
Political relations between Germany and Mauritania are good. Germany is seen as a reliable partner on account of its constant presence there and its development aid programme. Germany has been providing development aid to Mauritania since the 1960s. The volume of bilateral trade between the two countries is modest and Germany’s principal import from Mauritania is iron ore. Its main exports to the country are machinery and motor vehicles.
In its long-standing development cooperation with Mauritania, Germany ranks third among bilateral donors, after France and Japan. German development cooperation with Mauritania focuses on two priority areas: pnvironmental Policy, protection and sustainable use of natural resources (including fisheries); and democracy, civil society and public administration (good governance). There are only around 300 Mauritanians studying in Germany (mainly engineering subjects). Mauritanian radio cooperates with the German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.
