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
Incumbent
Mamadou Tangara
since 29 June 2018
AppointerPresident of the Gambia
Term lengthNot fixed
Inaugural holderAlieu Badara Njie
Formation18 February 1965

List of ministers of foreign affairs edit

Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party President
Alieu Badara Njie
(1904–1982)
1965 1967 People's Progressive Party Dawda Jawara
Sheriff Sisay
(1935–1989)
1967 1968 People's Progressive Party
Andrew Camara
(1923–2013)
1968 1974 People's Progressive Party
Alieu Badara Njie
(1904–1982)
July 1974 1977 People's Progressive Party
Lamin Kiti Jabang
(born 1942)
1977 1987 People's Progressive Party
Omar Sey
(1941–2018)
1987 22 July 1994 People's Progressive Party
Bolong Sonko
(born 1950)
1994 1995 Independent Yahya Jammeh
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955)
1995 1997 Independent
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Omar Njie
(19..–2002)
1997 1998 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
(born 1944)
1998 2001 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955)
30 August 2001 14 October 2004 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Sidi Moro Sanneh
(born 1947)
14 October 2004 24 March 2005 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
(born 1946)
24 March 2005 October 2005 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Lamin Kaba Bajo
(born 1964)
October 2005 18 October 2006 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Maba Jobe
(1964–2023)
20 October 2006 26 October 2006 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958)
26 October 2006 September 2007 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Crispin Grey-Johnson
(born 1946)
September 2007 19 March 2008 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Omar Touray
(born 1965)
19 March 2008 September 2009 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Ousman Jammeh
(born 1953)
September 2009 June 2010 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
June 2010 16 April 2012 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Mambury Njie
(born 1962)
16 April 2012 23 August 2012 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
23 August 2012 2 November 2012 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Susan Waffa-Ogoo
(born 1960)
2 November 2012 30 October 2013 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Aboubacar Senghore
(born 1968)
1 November 2013 9 April 2014 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Mamour Alieu Jagne
(–)
9 April 2014 15 August 2014 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958)
25 August 2014 5 January 2015 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
(born 1957)
5 January 2015 16 January 2017 Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Ousainou Darboe
(born 1948)
1 February 2017 29 June 2018 United Democratic Party Adama Barrow
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965)
29 June 2018 Incumbent Independent

Source:[2]

References edit

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