Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia)
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]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gambia | |
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Appointer | President of the Gambia |
Inaugural holder | Alieu Badara Njie |
Formation | 18 February 1965 |
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1965–present
Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | President | |||
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Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982) |
1965 | 1967 | PPP | Dawda Jawara | ||
Sheriff Sisay (1935–1989) |
1967 | 1968 | PPP | |||
Andrew Camara (1923–2013) |
1968 | 1974 | PPP | |||
Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982) |
July 1974 | 1977 | PPP | |||
Lamin Kiti Jabang (1942–) |
1977 | 1987 | PPP | |||
Omar Sey (1941–2018) |
1987 | 1994 | PPP | |||
Bolong Sonko (1950–) |
1994 | 1995 | Ind. | AFPRC (Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council) | ||
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1955–) |
1995 | 1997 | Ind. | |||
APRC | Yahya Jammeh | |||||
Omar Njie (19..–2002) |
1997 | 1998 | APRC | |||
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1944–) |
1998 | 2001 | APRC | |||
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1955–) |
30 August 2001 | 14 October 2004 | APRC | |||
Sidi Moro Sanneh (1947–) |
14 October 2004 | 24 March 2005 | APRC | |||
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (1946–) |
24 March 2005 | October 2005 | APRC | |||
Lamin Kaba Bajo (1964–) |
October 2005 | 18 October 2006 | APRC | |||
Maba Jobe (1965?–) |
20 October 2006 | 26 October 2006 | APRC | |||
Bala Garba Jahumpa (1958–) |
26 October 2006 | September 2007 | APRC | |||
Crispin Grey-Johnson (1946–) |
September 2007 | 19 March 2008 | APRC | |||
Omar Touray (1965–) |
19 March 2008 | September 2009 | APRC | |||
Ousman Jammeh (1953–) |
September 2009 | June 2010 | APRC | |||
Mamadou Tangara (1965–) |
June 2010 | 16 April 2012 | APRC | |||
Mambury Njie (1962–) |
16 April 2012 | 23 August 2012 | APRC | |||
Mamadou Tangara (1965–) |
23 August 2012 | 2 November 2012 | APRC | |||
Susan Waffa-Ogoo (1960–) |
2 November 2012 | 30 October 2013 | APRC | |||
Aboubacar Senghore (1968–) |
1 November 2013 | 9 April 2014 | APRC | |||
Mamour Alieu Jagne (–) |
9 April 2014 | 15 August 2014 | APRC | |||
Bala Garba Jahumpa (1958–) |
25 August 2014 | 5 January 2015 | APRC | |||
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye (1957–) |
5 January 2015 | 16 January 2017 | APRC | |||
Ousainou Darboe (1948–) |
1 February 2017 | 29 June 2018 | UDP | Adama Barrow | ||
Mamadou Tangara (1965–) |
29 June 2018 | Incumbent | Ind. | |||
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References
- "Foreign Affairs Ministry". Access Gambia. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- "Foreign ministers E-K". Rulers.org. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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