Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gambia
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Incumbent
Mamadou Tangara
since 29 June 2018
Appointer President of the Gambia
Term length Not fixed
Inaugural holder Alieu Badara Njie
Formation18 February 1965

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, commonly known as just the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a cabinet position in the Gambia, appointed by the President of the Gambia. The minister oversees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Gambia's external relations with foreign countries. The Minister is responsible for all Gambian embassies and diplomatic missions overseas and is assisted in this task by civil servants, including a Permanent Secretary, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Administration and Finance, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Technical, and a Principal Assistant Secretary. [1]

List of ministers of foreign affairs

Political parties
   People's Progressive Party (PPP)
   Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC)
   United Democratic Party (UDP)
Other factions
   Independent
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical party President
Alieu Badara Njie
(1904–1982)
19651967 PPP Dawda Jawara
Sheriff Sisay
(1935–1989)
19671968 PPP
Andrew Camara
(1923–2013)
19681974 PPP
Alieu Badara Njie
(1904–1982)
July 19741977 PPP
Lamin Kiti Jabang
(born 1942)
19771987 PPP
Omar Sey
(1941–2018)
198722 July 1994
(Deposed in a coup)
PPP
Bolong Sonko
(born 1950)
19941995 Independent Yahya Jammeh
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955)
19951997 Independent
APRC
Omar Njie
(19..–2002)
19971998 APRC
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
(born 1944)
19982001 APRC
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955)
30 August 200114 October 2004 APRC
Sidi Moro Sanneh
(born 1947)
14 October 200424 March 2005 APRC
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
(born 1946)
24 March 2005October 2005 APRC
Lamin Kaba Bajo
(born 1964)
October 200518 October 2006 APRC
Maba Jobe
(1964–2023)
20 October 200626 October 2006 APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958)
26 October 2006September 2007 APRC
Crispin Grey-Johnson
(born 1946)
September 200719 March 2008 APRC
Omar Touray
(born 1965)
19 March 2008September 2009 APRC
Ousman Jammeh
(born 1953)
September 2009June 2010 APRC
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
June 201016 April 2012 APRC
Mambury Njie
(born 1962)
16 April 201223 August 2012 APRC
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
23 August 20122 November 2012 APRC
Susan Waffa-Ogoo
(born 1960)
2 November 201230 October 2013 APRC
Aboubacar Senghore
(born 1968)
1 November 20139 April 2014 APRC
Mamour Alieu Jagne
(–)
9 April 201415 August 2014 APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958)
25 August 20145 January 2015 APRC
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
(born 1957)
5 January 201516 January 2017 APRC
Ousainou Darboe
(born 1948)
1 February 201729 June 2018 UDP Adama Barrow
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
29 June 2018Incumbent Independent

Source: [2]

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References

  1. "Foreign Affairs Ministry". Access Gambia. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. "Foreign ministers E–K". Rulers.org. Retrieved 13 February 2017.