Dah Ould Abdi (born April 18, 1951) is a Mauritanian diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2001 to 2002.

[1] Ould Abdi was born in Aleg[1][2] and attended secondary school in Nouakchott, the capital.

From 1989 to 1993, he was First Advisor, responsible for Communication, at the Mauritanian embassy in Paris,[1][2] and from 1993 to 1995 he was Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Mauritania to UNESCO.

[3][4] He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on January 28, 2001;[2][3] this was well-received even by papers close to the opposition.

[5] Ould Abdi was subsequently Ambassador to Japan[1][6] before being appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations in April 2004.