Mbaré was born in 1946 in
Waly Diantang,
Gorgol Region, a village in southwest Mauritania, on the border with
Senegal. After receiving his primary and secondary education in Mauritania, he studied in the
Soviet Union at the
Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine, located in
Kiev, from 1967 to 1973, and he earned a degree in
veterinary medicine. Back in Mauritania, he was a researcher at the Laboratory of Fisheries from 1974 to 1975, then head of the Laboratory of Fisheries in
Nouadhibou and head of the department of oceanography and marine biology from 1976 to 1978. Subsequently, he was Director of the National Center of Oceanographic and Fishing Research from 1978 to 1980. Mbaré was Technical Adviser to the Minister of Fishing and the Maritime Economy from 1980 to 1981; later, he was Mayor of
Wali Commune from 1986 to 2003. He also worked as a functionary at the Ministry of Fishing and the Maritime Economy during his time as Mayor of Wali, until he was appointed as Director-General of the Autonomous Port of Nouadhibou in 2002; he held the latter position until 2003. Mbaré was elected to the Senate, representing
Maghama, in the
January–February 2007 Senate election; following that election, he was elected as President of the Senate on 26 April 2007. 40 Senators voted for Mbaré, while 11 voted for
Ahmed Salem Ould Bakar, a Senator from
Boutilimit. ==Presidency==