Fatoumata Tambajang
Aja Fatoumata CM Jallow-Tambajang (born October 22, 1949 in Brikama ) is a politician in the West African state of Gambia .
Life
On August 5, 1994, Tambajang was appointed Secretary of State for Health, Social Welfare and Women's Affairs by the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) ; she stayed briefly in office and was replaced in February 1995 by Coumba Ceesay-Marenah .
In the District President Adama Barrows was on 23 January 2017 as Vice-President and Minister for Affairs of Women ( English Minister of Women's Affairs appointed). There was criticism of her nomination because she was older than 65 at the time of appointment, which, according to the constitution, is the maximum age for this office.
In a major cabinet reshuffle on June 29, 2018, she left the cabinet, her future role should be in the foreign service. She was to succeed Mamadou Tangara in the post of Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations in New York. Her successor as Vice President and Minister for Women will be the previous Foreign Minister, Ousainou Darboe .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contemporary Africa Database ::: People ( Memento of February 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ AFPRC HOLDS RALLY AFTER COMPLETION OF APPOINTMENT OF 15 MEMBER CABINET ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Foroyaa (online) from March 16, 2009
- ^ Hughes, Arnold, 1941-, Perfect, David, 1960-: A political history of The Gambia, 1816-1994 . University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY 2006, ISBN 978-1-58046-682-0 , pp. 290 .
- ^ Fatoumata Tambajang is Gambia's new Vice President - The Fatu Network . In: The Fatu Network . January 23, 2017 ( fatunetwork.net ).
- ↑ Gambia: Fresh Evidence Emerges Over VP Fatoumattta-Gate Age Scandal! In: Freedom Newspaper. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Barrow makes 1st MAJOR Cabinet reshuffle. In: The Point Newspaper. Retrieved July 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Gambia: Updated Version of the Cabinet Reshuffle Press Release! In: Freedom Newspaper. June 29, 2018, accessed August 26, 2019 .
predecessor | Office | Successors |
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Landing Jallow Sonko |
Minister of Health of Gambia 1994–1995 |
Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang |
Isatou Njie Saidy |
Vice-Presidents of Gambia 2017-2018 |
Ousainou Darboe |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tambajang, Fatoumata |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jallow-Tambajang, Fatoumata CM |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gambian politician and diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brikama |