Mahawa Bangoura

Mahawa Bangoura Camara (born 13 March 1927) is a Guinean diplomat and politician, the first woman to be the foreign minister of Guinea,[1] Guinea's Ambassador to the United States, and its permanent representative at the United Nations.

Early life

Mahawa Bangoura Camara was born on 13 March 1927 in Conakry, Guinea.[2]

Career

Bangoura was appointed Guinea's Ambassador to the United States in 1995.[2]

Bangoura was Guinea's permanent representative at the United Nations until June 2000, when she became the country's first women foreign minister, succeeding Zainoul Abidine Sannoussi.[3][4][1] She was appointed by the President Lansana Conte during a reshuffle which saw five senior ministers being replaced.[3] Bangoura and the new security and interior minister Ahmadou Camara became secretaries of state, and senior status within the cabinet behind the Prime Minister, Lamine Sidime.[3]

In August 2001, she met with her Liberian and Sierra Leonean counterparts in Monrovia, Liberia to try to bring peace to the three countries of the Mano River Union (MRU).[5][6] Bangoura remained foreign minister until 2002.[2]

References
  1. "BBC News - AFRICA - Guinean cabinet reshuffled". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. "Mahawa Bangoura Camara - WANMEC". www.toxipedia.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Top ministers sacked in Guinea reshuffle - IOL News". iol.co.za. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. B. Turner (28 December 2016). The Statesman's Yearbook 2000. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-230-27128-9. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "West Africa: IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries". reliefweb.int. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. "IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries". irinnews.org. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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