Mahawa Bangoura

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Mahawa Bangoura Camara (born March 13, 1947 in Conakry ) is a Guinean diplomat and politician . She was the first woman to be Guinea Secretary of State, Guinea Ambassador to the United States, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Life

Bangoura was named Ambassador of Guinea to the United States in 1995.

Bangoura was Guinea's permanent representative to the United Nations until June 2000, when she succeeded Zainoul Abidine Sannoussi as the country's first female foreign minister . She was appointed by President Lansana Conté during a cabinet reshuffle that replaced five senior ministers. Bangoura and the new security and interior minister Ahmadou Camara became state secretaries and senior positions in the cabinet behind Prime Minister Lamine Sidimé .

In August 2001, she met with her Liberian and Sierra Leonean counterparts in Monrovia , Liberia, to try to bring peace to the three countries of the Mano River Union (MRU). Bangoura remained Foreign Minister until 2002.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Foreign ministers EK. In: rulers.org. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b BBC News - AFRICA - Guinean cabinet reshuffled. In: co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk, accessed January 8, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Top ministers sacked in Guinea reshuffle - IOL News. In: co.za. .za, accessed on January 8, 2020 .
  5. ^ B. Turner: The Statesman's Yearbook 2000 . Springer, 2016, ISBN 978-0-230-27128-9 , pp. 759 ( books.google.com ).
  6. ↑ West Africa: IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries - Guinea. In: reliefweb.int. ReliefWeb, accessed January 8, 2020 .
  7. ↑ IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries. In: thenewhumanitarian.org. The New Humanitarian, 2001, accessed January 8, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Bangoura, Mahawa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bangoura Camara, Mahawa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guinean diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Conakry