Guig was a native of
Oualata and trained as an attorney. He was a law professor at the
University of Nouakchott in the 1990s but was generally unknown in political circles. On December 18, 1997, he was appointed prime minister by President
Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya shortly after his re-election in the
1997 presidential election. Guig replaced the civil servant
Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna. At the time of his appointment, Guig was 39 years old and the youngest Prime Minister of the world. Serving 11 months, Taya dismissed him as premier on November 16, 1998, and Khouna assumed his position. Following the
2008 coup d'état, Guig was appointed secretary-general by coup leader
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. In 2014, Guig was appointed Chairman of the Commission of the
African Union to supervise the
2014 Egyptian presidential election, which resulted in the election of former General
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. On January 9, 2015, Guig was appointed State Inspector General and pledged to fight against mismanagement and misappropriation of public property. In June 2015 however, Guig was appointed Deputy General Secretary of the Arab League to manage financial affairs. ==Notes==