Famara Jatta

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Famara Jatta, September 2002

Famara L. Jatta (* 16th July 1958 , † 17 March 2012 in Tunisia ) was a Minister and Central Bank - Governor in the West African country Gambia .

Career

In 1983 he was in the United States for a stay . He earned a degree (MA Regional Planning and Economics) on the Cheney State College in Pennsylvania and in 1992 one on the Harvard University (MA Public Enterprise Policy and Management) .

After a career as an economist, he switched to government service and in 1994 became Secretary of State for Trade, Industry and Employment . On March 3, 1998, Jatta took over the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs and served in this office until September 25, 2003. He was succeeded in this position by Musa Gibril Bala Gaye .

Since then he has served as governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia , the Gambian central bank. In this position he was praised by the President and confirmed in 2006 for a further five years. In July 2007, he resigned and took a job at the African Development Bank (ADB) agency in Sudan. Jatta's criticism of President Yahya Jammeh's strong influence on central bank policy has become known as the reasons for his resignation .

Famara Jatta died on Saturday, March 17, 2012, just days after an operation.

literature

  • Arnold Hughes and Harry A. Gailey: Historical dictionary of the Gambia Lanham, Md .: Scarecrow Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8108-3660-2 .

Web links

Commons : Famara Jatta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EX Justice Minister Pap Cheyassin Ousman Secka This ( Memento of 7 May 2012 at the Internet Archive ) freedomnewspaper.com from March 30, 2012
  2. ↑ Appointment of Governor and First and Second Deputy Governors ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) ( PDF ; 15 kB)
  3. ^ Gambia: Central Bank Governor Resigns July 18, 2007
  4. ^ EX Finance Minister Famara Jatta Dies! ( Memento of April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). freedomnewspaper.com of March 17, 2012
predecessor Office successor
? Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia
2003-2007 		Momodou Bamba Saho
personal data
SURNAME Jatta, Famara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jatta, Famara L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian economist, governor of the central bank
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1958
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 2012
Place of death Tunisia