Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia) explained

Post:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Body:the Gambia
Insignia:Coat of arms of The Gambia.svg
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of the Gambia
Incumbent:Mamadou Tangara
Incumbentsince:29 June 2018
Appointer:President of the Gambia
Termlength:Not fixed
Formation:18 February 1965
Inaugural:Alieu Badara Njie

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
Other factions
Name
Term of officePolitical partyPresident
Alieu Badara Njie
19651967PPPDawda Jawara
Sheriff Sisay
19671968PPP
Andrew Camara
19681974PPP
Alieu Badara Njie
July 19741977PPP
Lamin Kiti Jabang
19771987PPP
Omar Sey
198722 July 1994
PPP
Bolong Sonko
19941995IndependentYahya Jammeh
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
19951997Independent
APRC
Omar Njie
19971998APRC
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
19982001APRC
Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne
30 August 200114 October 2004APRC
Sidi Moro Sanneh
14 October 200424 March 2005APRC
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
24 March 2005October 2005APRC
Lamin Kaba Bajo
October 200518 October 2006APRC
Maba Jobe
20 October 200626 October 2006APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
26 October 2006September 2007APRC
Crispin Grey-Johnson
September 200719 March 2008APRC
Omar Touray
19 March 2008September 2009APRC
Ousman Jammeh
September 2009June 2010APRC
Mamadou Tangara
June 201016 April 2012APRC
Mambury Njie
16 April 201223 August 2012APRC
Mamadou Tangara
23 August 20122 November 2012APRC
Susan Waffa-Ogoo
2 November 201230 October 2013APRC
Aboubacar Senghore
1 November 20139 April 2014APRC
Mamour Alieu Jagne
9 April 201415 August 2014APRC
Bala Garba Jahumpa
25 August 20145 January 2015APRC
Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
5 January 201516 January 2017APRC
Ousainou Darboe
1 February 201729 June 2018UDPAdama Barrow
Mamadou Tangara
29 June 2018IncumbentIndependent
Source:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foreign Affairs Ministry. Access Gambia. 1 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Foreign ministers E–K. Rulers.org. 13 February 2017.