Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia)

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
Term length	Not fixed
Inaugural holder	Alieu Badara Njie
Formation	18 February 1965

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

   People's Progressive Party (PPP)

   Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC)

   United Democratic Party (UDP)

Other factions

   Independent

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 (Deposed in a coup)	PPP
	Bolong Sonko (born 1950)	1994	1995	Independent		Yahya Jammeh
	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (born 1955)	1995	1997	Independent
				APRC
	Omar Njie (19..–2002)	1997	1998	APRC
	Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1944–2025)	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	Independent

Source: ^[2]

References

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