Lalla Mariam Bint Moulaye Idriss (Arabic: لالة مريم بنت مولاي إدريس; born in 1957) is a Mauritanian politician.
Born in Ayoun el Atrous, she began her studies in that town before continuing them in Nouakchott, eventually gaining a doctoral degree in financial engineering.
[4] She ran in the 2014 presidential election, in which she was the only female candidate; at the time she had already spent more than twenty years of her career in government service.
[5] Her platform was focused largely on bringing more visibility to issues affecting women in Mauritania.
[6] During the campaign, she admitted that total transparency was impossible to achieve given the constrictions of Mauritanian society and the influence of tribal elders on the political system.