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

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1965–present

Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party President
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
(born 1942) 		1977 1987 PPP
Omar Sey
(1941–2018) 		1987 22 July 1994 PPP
Bolong Sonko
(born 1950) 		1994 1995 Ind. AFPRC
(Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council)
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955) 		1995 1997 Ind.
APRC Yahya Jammeh
Omar Njie
(19..–2002) 		1997 1998 APRC
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
(born 1944) 		1998 2001 APRC
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
(born 1955) 		30 August 2001 14 October 2004 APRC
Sidi Moro Sanneh
(born 1947) 		14 October 2004 24 March 2005 APRC
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
(born 1946) 		24 March 2005 October 2005 APRC
Lamin Kaba Bajo
(born 1964) 		October 2005 18 October 2006 APRC
Maba Jobe
(1964–2023) 		20 October 2006 26 October 2006 APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958) 		26 October 2006 September 2007 APRC
Crispin Grey-Johnson
(born 1946) 		September 2007 19 March 2008 APRC
Omar Touray
(born 1965) 		19 March 2008 September 2009 APRC
Ousman Jammeh
(born 1953) 		September 2009 June 2010 APRC
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965) 		June 2010 16 April 2012 APRC
Mambury Njie
(born 1962) 		16 April 2012 23 August 2012 APRC
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965) 		23 August 2012 2 November 2012 APRC
Susan Waffa-Ogoo
(born 1960) 		2 November 2012 30 October 2013 APRC
Aboubacar Senghore
(born 1968) 		1 November 2013 9 April 2014 APRC
Mamour Alieu Jagne
(–) 		9 April 2014 15 August 2014 APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
(born 1958) 		25 August 2014 5 January 2015 APRC
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
(born 1957) 		5 January 2015 16 January 2017 APRC
Ousainou Darboe
(born 1948) 		1 February 2017 29 June 2018 UDP Adama Barrow
Mamadou Tangara
(born 1965) 		29 June 2018 Incumbent Ind.

Source:[2]

References

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