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
Coat of arms of the Gambia
Incumbent Mamadou Tangara since 29 June 2018
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
	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

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