Rohey Malick Lowe

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Rohey Malick Lowe (2018)

Rohey Malick Lowe (born December 19, 1971 in Bathurst ) is a Gambian entrepreneur and politician. Since 2018 she has been Lord Mayor of the Gambian capital Banjul ( English Lord Mayoress of Banjul ). She is the first woman to be directly elected as mayor in Gambia .

Life

Rohey Malick Lowe is the daughter of the former mayor of Banjul, Alhaji Malick Lowe . She was born in Bathurst - as the capital was called until 1973 - and grew up there.

She went to St. Joseph's High School in Gambia . From 1983 to 1988 she attended Nyköping College in Sweden. She then worked for two years as a hotel receptionist. From 1993 to 1996 she spent time abroad, then after her return to Gambia she began to work in business and founded the company "Wa Kerr Rohey". This company specialized in the supply of cleaning products for the hotel industry. From 2015 to 2017 she studied international relations at Dalarna University in Sweden. In the meantime, she became politically active with the Swedish Social Democrats .

Lowe is a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), which she co-founded in 1996. In August 2017, she announced her candidacy to rule the Banjul City Council (BCC) with no salary. In the regional elections in Gambia on May 12, 2018, she won the election in front of her predecessor Abdoulie Bah , who ran as a non-party candidate.

In May 2019 she married Mboge Saidykhan, an employee of the Gambian embassy in Washington (USA), for the second time.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UDP's Rohey Lowe wins Banjul Mayoral race - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved June 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ ON FEMALE MAYORAL ASPIRANTS: Rohey Malick Lowe Speaks . In: Foroyaa Newspaper . 2018 ( foroyaa.gm ).
  3. ↑ Gambia: Rohey Malick Lowe, Bjl Mayoral aspirant - The Standard Newspaper . In: The Standard Newspaper . 2017 ( standard.gm ).
  4. ↑ ROHEY MALICK LOWE PROFILE . ( barrow-meter.org [PDF]).
  5. ^ Independent Electoral Commission - IEC Gambia »MAYORS MAYORESSES CHAIRPERSONS ELECTIONS FINAL RESULTS 12TH MAY 2018. In: iec.gm. Retrieved May 25, 2018 (American English).
  6. ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: TWO UDP COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING MARRIED TODAY; MAYORESS ROHEY LOWE AND DIPLOMAT MBOGE SAIDYKHAN. In: Freedom Radio Gambia. May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019 (American English).
predecessor Office successor
Abdoulie Bah Mayor of Banjul
2018– 		-
personal data
SURNAME Lowe, Malick Rohey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 19th December 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Bathurst