Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former military officer,who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017,as well as Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council from 1994 to 1996.
Sidi Moro Sanneh is a Gambian economist,politician and diplomat and is currently a resident of the United States. Sanneh served as the Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2004 to March 2005,and as the Gambian Ambassador to Senegal from November 2005 to February 2006.
Isatou Njie-Saidy is a Gambian politician. She was Vice President of the Gambia,as well as Secretary of State for Women's Affairs,from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017. She is the first Gambian woman to have held the position of Vice President and one of the first women in West African politics to reach this senior position.
Lamin Kaba Bajo is a former Gambian politician and diplomat who is the current president of the Gambia Football Federation,having been elected in September 2014.
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was the Gambian Foreign Minister from 1998 to August 2001. He now lives in self-imposed exile in Sweden and is currently heading the pro-democracy Gambia Consultative Council,which was established in 2013.
Susan Waffa-Ogoo is a Gambian politician who served as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2012 to October 2013. A librarian before entering politics,she was first appointed to cabinet after the 1994 coup d'état and held a number of ministerial posts under President Yahya Jammeh. She also served as the Gambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2008 to 2012.
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017.
A constitutional crisis occurred in Gambia following presidential elections in December 2016,in which challenger Adama Barrow achieved an upset victory over longtime incumbent Yahya Jammeh. It eventually concluded after a military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) led to Jammeh’s departure from the country.
Teneng Mba Jaiteh is a Gambian politician who serves as Gambia's ambassador to the European Union as well as 7 of its member states.
Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang is a Gambian politician and activist who served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018,under President Adama Barrow.
Masaneh Nyuku Kinteh is a retired Gambian Army officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff until his removal on 5 March 2020 by President Adama Barrow. He was the Gambian Chief of Mission in Havana,Cuba,from 2012 to 2017,and was previously Chief of the Defence Staff from 2009 to 2012. He was retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 2012,having previously also served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 2009,and shifted to the Foreign Service. He was reinstated as the Chief of Defence Staff in 2017 but redeployed him to the Foreign Service in 2020,becoming the ambassador to China.
Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie is a Gambian politician who served as Minister of Tourism and Culture from 2010 to 2014 and ambassador to Malaysia from 2014 to 2015.
Following his victory in the presidential election on 1 December 2016,the newly elected President Adama Barrow appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Yahya Jammeh,his predecessor. Barrow was formally inaugurated on 19 January 2017 at the embassy of the Gambia in Dakar,Senegal,and was able to return the Gambia on 26 January. He made the bulk of appointments in February 2017,and conducted major reshuffles in June 2018,March 2019 and May 2022.
Appointed by the President of Gambia,The Minister of Tourism and Culture is a cabinet position in the Gambia that oversees the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Sirra Wally Ndow-Njie is a Gambian politician. She has served as Minister of Energy,Minister of Petroleum,and Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture. In June 2016 she was arrested on economic crime charges and detained in prison until the charges were dropped in April 2017.
Marie Saine-Firdaus is a Gambian lawyer and politician.
Abu Bakarr Gaye was a Gambian politician and the Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Gambia in 2009–2010.
Mamadou Tangara is a Gambian diplomat and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2018,having previously served in 2012 and from 2010–2012. Tangara also served as Gambian Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2017–2018 and from 2013–2016.
Ndey Tapha Sosseh is a Gambian journalist and unionist. In 2004,she became editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer,making her the first female editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper in the Gambia's history. From 2008 to 2011,she served as president of the Gambia Press Union.
