Resume rules in Mauritania
What employers in Mauritania expect on a السيرة الذاتية (al-sira al-dhatia) / Curriculum Vitae, what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Mauritania or a resume for Mauritania: it's the same document.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
Photo: Common
Common (required for work permit applications - 3 photos needed)
What the law says: Law No. 2017-020 on Personal Data Protection; photos are personal data requiring proper handling; no specific mandate or prohibition for CVs
Date of birth: Expected
Expected
What the law says: Law No. 2017-020 addresses personal data protection
Marital status: Common
Common
What the law says: Law No. 2017-020 addresses personal data
Sex or gender: Optional
Optional
What the law says: Not found specific to CV
Nationality: Expected
Expected
What the law says: Not found specific to CV
National ID number: Not found
Not found
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- السيرة الذاتية (al-sira al-dhatia) / Curriculum Vitae
- Language to submit in
- French (primary), Arabic, English increasingly accepted
- Typical length
- 1-2 pages
- Address detail expected
- City (Nouakchott or relevant city acceptable)
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Law No. 2017-020 designates racial/ethnic origin and religion as sensitive personal data
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Law No. 2017-020 designates health as sensitive personal data
- Other customary attachments
- Copy of passport bio-data; 3 photos required for work permit applications; certified copies of university certificates; work statements proving experience
- Named statutes
- Law No. 2017-020 on Personal Data Protection (2017), Law No. 2004-017 (Labour Code - Code du travail), Law No. 2009-027 (April 9, 2009 modifications to Labour Code)
- Data protection regime
- Law No. 2017-020 + Autorité de Protection des Données Personnelles (APD - Authority for Personal Data Protection)
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour Code (Loi n° 2004-017 and Loi n° 2009-027)
- Local language source
- French/Arabic
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.
Notes: Photos required for work permits; data protection law in place with regulatory authority (APD); Constitution Article 13 protects privacy; custom in Mauritania includes personal details on CVs
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this