Naha Mint Mouknass

Naha bint Mouknass (Arabic: الناهة بنت مكناس; born 10 March 1969) is a Mauritanian politician.

She was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania, serving in this capacity between 2009 and 2011.

Her family belongs to the El-Gor warrior tribe from the Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region.

She later became an Advisor to President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, serving in such a capacity between 2000 and 2001.

[3] She was appointed Foreign Minister in August 2009, the first woman in Mauritania to head such a ministry.