Three of the ministers appointed were members of the People's Progressive Alliance (led by Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, another presidential candidate who backed Abdallahi in the second round).
Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef | Mohamedou Ould Slahi | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Ahmed Ould Daddah | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | Zeine Ould Zeidane | The Rare Ould Times | Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar | Sghair Ould M'Bareck | Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla | Messaoud Ould Boulkheir | Edward Ould | Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna |
He served as Minister of Defence under Prime Minister's Zeine Ould Zeidane and Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef until the August 2008 coup which overthrew President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and created a new government with Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf as Prime Minister.