Abdou Kolley

Abdou Kolley (2013)

Abdou Kolley (born January 1, 1970 in Gambia also Abdou Colley) is a politician in the West African state of Gambia.

Life

Professional activity

Kolley studied at the University of Saint-Étienne until 1997 and began his career as an economist at the Department of State for Finance & Economic Affairs . In 2001 he moved to the Gambia Divestiture Agency and became its director. He stayed there until 2004 when he moved to the United Nations Development Program Office in The Gambia.

Political activity

Constituency Combo South
General election	be right	Voting share
2007	000000000004952.00000000004,952	40.06%

As a non-party candidate in the 2007 parliamentary elections in Gambia , Kolley ran in the Kombo South constituency . He was defeated by Paul L. Mendy , the candidate for the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC).

In the same year he was appointed to the cabinet of Gambia (as Minister of Trade, Industry and Employment English Secretary of State for Trade, Industry and Employment ) appointed. He served in this position until 19 June 2009 and then took over the finance portfolio as Finance Minister ( Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs ).

On 19 March 2010 Kolley was as Minister of Finance and Economy ( English Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs ) of Momodou S. Foon replaced. However, he got the office back on July 21, 2010.

In a cabinet reshuffle Kolley was again as Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment (27 January 2011 English Trade, Regional Integration and Employment appointed). With effect from March 18, 2011, Kolley was dismissed from his office as Minister of Commerce.

Awards and honors

2016 - July 22nd Revolution Award

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.statehouse.gm Biography on the State House website

↑ Abdou Kolley on AfDevInfo, accessed October 2009

^ Jammeh appoints three ministers The Point of March 22, 2010

^ Cabinet changes ( Memento of January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) The Daily Observer of July 23, 2010

^ Cabinet Reshuffle The Daily Observer, January 28, 2011

↑ Two Cabinet Minister Removed The Daily Observer of March 21, 2011

↑ Gambia: President Confers Awards On Over 700 Personalities Celebration of the Prestigious Awards Conferred On His Excellency & Awards Ceremony of the July 22nd Revolution. In: The Daily Observer. August 22, 2016, accessed January 30, 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Susan Waffa-Ogoo	Secretary of State for Trade, Industry and Employment 2007–2009	Yusupha Kah
?	Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs 2009–2010	Momodou S. Foon
Momodou S. Foon	Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs 2010	?
Baboucarr HM Jallow	Minister of State for Trade, Regional Integration and Employment 2010	Yusupha Kah
Yusupha Kah	Minister of State for Trade, Regional Integration and Employment 2011–2011	?

personal data
SURNAME	Kolley, Abdou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Colley, Abdou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gambia

[1] ttp://www.statehouse.gm Biography on the State House website

[2] Abdou Kolley on AfDevInfo, accessed October 2009

[point100322-3] Jammeh appoints three ministers The Point of March 22, 2010

[4] Cabinet changes ( Memento of January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) The Daily Observer of July 23, 2010

[5] Cabinet Reshuffle The Daily Observer, January 28, 2011

[6] Two Cabinet Minister Removed The Daily Observer of March 21, 2011

[7] Gambia: President Confers Awards On Over 700 Personalities Celebration of the Prestigious Awards Conferred On His Excellency & Awards Ceremony of the July 22nd Revolution. In: The Daily Observer. August 22, 2016, accessed January 30, 2019 .