Ebrima Mballow

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Ebrima M. Mballow (* 20th century in Mansajang Kunda ) is a Gambian banker, politician and diplomat. He was Minister of the Interior in Gambia from January 2018 to August 2019.

Life

Mballow attended Armitage High School and joined the Gambia National Gendarmerie (GNG) in 1987 . In 1992, the year the GNG was dissolved, he began to work as a banker in the banking industry. Mballow was most recently employed at Arab Gambia Islamic Bank (AGIB) as a division manager in business development. On March 6, 2017, Mballow was appointed governor of the Gambian West Coast Region (WCR) by the new Adama Barrow government, replacing Aminata Sifai Hydara , who was removed from this post in early February.

On January 8, 2018 Mballow was President Adama Barrow as Interior Minister ( English Minister of the Interior ) appointed as the successor to the governor was Bakary Sanyang determined. On August 22, 2019, Mballow was replaced as Interior Minister by Yankuba Sonko and posted to the Foreign Service. With effect from August 21, 2019, Mballow was sent to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) as consul general , replacing Sheikh Omar Fye .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ West Coast governor vows to live up to expectations - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. March 16, 2017, accessed March 16, 2017 .
  2. Afrimoney. In: afrimoneyfinance.com. Retrieved March 13, 2017 (English).
  3. ^ Momodou Faal: Gov't Appoints New Regional Governors . In: Daily Observer . March 9, 2017 ( observergm.com ( memento of March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )).
  4. ^ Idriss Khalifa: New Regional Governors appointed by the Government of Gambia . In: Sunu Gambia . March 9, 2017 ( sunugambia.com ( memento of February 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive )).
  5. Sam Phatey: Jammeh-backed regional governors booted out by Barrow. (No longer available online.) In: smbcgo.com. SMBC Gambia, February 3, 2017, archived from the original on March 14, 2017 ; accessed on March 13, 2017 .
  6. Interior minister appointed SG, Fadera redeployed to Foreign Service - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved June 1, 2018 .
  7. President re-deployed Secretary General | The Republic of The Gambia. (No longer available online.) In: gov.gm. statehouse.gov.gm, archived from the original on May 29, 2018 ; accessed on June 1, 2018 (English).
  8. Barrow appoints first defense minister. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
  9. ^ Former Interior minister appointed consul general in Saudi Arabia. In: thepoint.gm. September 2, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019 .
predecessor Office successor
Aminata Sifai Hydara Governor of the West Coast Region
2017–2018
Bakary Sanyang