Zineb Jammeh

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Zineb Jammeh

Zineb Jammeh (born October 5, 1977 in Rabat , born as Zineb Soumah) is the wife of the former President Yahya Jammeh . She is the former first lady of the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Jammeh was born as the daughter of the Guinean ambassador Ibrahima Soumah († 2002) and a Moroccan mother, Rhimou el Hassady Soumah (1948-2011). Soumah was accredited to Morocco .

education

Zineb Jammeh attended primary school in Rabat from 1984 to 1988. She also attended secondary school in Rabat from 1992 to 1995. In the United States, she attended an English course from July to September 1995. At the School for International Management and Commerce ( French Ecole Superieure de Gestion Internationale et de Commerce (EGICO-SUP) ), which she attended from 1995 to 1997, she obtained a diploma in International Systems and Management ( English International Systems and Management ).

First lady

In December 1998 she married (as Zainab Yaya Suma of Rabat ) according to Muslim tradition, the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in Morocco. The marriage resulted in two children, a daughter (* 2000) and a son (* 2007). For Yahya Jammeh this is the second marriage after his first marriage to Tuti Faal Jammeh , from whom he divorced after marrying Zineb Jammeh. Yahya Jammeh married another woman, Alima Sallah, in October 2010. Zineb Jammeh remained First Lady, since according to the protocol the title 'First Lady' is only given once. In November 2010 she accompanied her husband to Saudi Arabia on the pilgrimage ( Hādj ).

The White House Conference on Global Literacy on September 18, 2006 with Zineb Jammeh

She was President of the Foundation For Women Socio-Economic Advancement (FOWSEA), a subsidiary of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace (JFP). This foundation, of which she was also president, focused on humanitarian aid for women and children, in particular on the health sector, education, agriculture and trade. Zineb Jammeh was the patron of the “ Save-a-Baby ” campaign and patron of the Gambian chapter of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWEGAM). As a former first lady, she was a member of the African First Ladies Peace Mission . In 2006, she hosted the General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies Against AIDS (OAFLAA) to coincide with the summit African Union ( English AU Summit ) in Banjul took place.

In addition, she took on numerous official appearances in the field of health care, women's politics and education.

On World Children's Day ( English International Children's Day of Broadcasting ) in 2006 Jammeh led with her daughter Mariam in Gambia Radio & Television Service (MRTS) through the program of the transmitter. For this, the MRTS 2007 received the regional award for West and Central Africa ( english International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) regional award ) of the United Nations (Children's Fund UNICEF ), which praised the participation Jammeh was mentioned.

exile

After her husband had lost the presidential election in 2016 to Adama Barrow and resigned the government office only under massive international pressure, she flew with her husband to Equatorial Guinea on January 21, 2017 , where she and her husband were led by the authoritarian ruling leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo were recorded.

In September 2019, the results of the Janneh Commission , a committee of inquiry set up by the Barrow government to investigate Jammeh's financial activities, were published. Accordingly, she has appropriated public funds amounting to 3.3 million Dalasi and 2 million US dollars through her foundation .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Zineb Jammeh  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ First Lady's mother passes away ( Memento from July 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) The Daily Observer from November 2, 2011
  2. ^ A b c First Lady of The Republic of The Gambia , accessed August 2011
  3. ↑ THANKS FOR SYMPATHY , accessed August 2011
  4. ↑ First Lady's Father Dies The Daily Observer, April 17, 2002
  5. ↑ 'President Jammeh Oks Gambianization of Moroccans,' Says Foreign Ministry Official The Gambia Echo, August 16, 2006
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g PROFILE: HER EXCELLENCY MADAM ZINEB YAHYA JAMMEH - FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA , accessed August 2011
  7. ↑ President Jammeh Marries 20-Yr-Old Moroccan Girl Spice News Services, December 21, 1998
  8. ↑ a b A New Addition To The First Family Of Gambia The Daily Observer of July 6, 2000
  9. ↑ First Lady Admitted At A Washington Hospital - As She Expects A New Baby Freedom Newspaper on 20 November 2007
  10. ^ Dictator Jammeh Gets a New Son Freedom Newspaper of November 28, 2007
  11. ↑ Lady Zeinab Jammeh-Second Baby-Muhammed Yahya Jammeh-Father Curing Infertility Freedom Newspaper of December 20, 2007
  12. ^ Naming Ceremony of Baby Muhammed Jammeh, All-Gambian Family Affair The Daily Observer, January 2, 2008
  13. ^ President Jammeh Marries Second Wife The Daily Observer, October 4, 2010
  14. ↑ Unity is Strength and Progress Says President Jammeh, as He Returns From Pilgrimage The Daily Observer, November 22, 2010
  15. ^ First Lady Zainab Jammeh & Education SEC Fatou Faye Jet to New York The Gambia Echo of August 18, 2006
  16. ^ Children Congratulate First Lady The Daily Observer, June 30, 2006
  17. ↑ Gambia's New First Lady Makes First Official Appearance Spice News Services of January 4, 1999
  18. ↑ First Lady Awarded At ICDB Celebrations The Daily Observer of 11 December 2006
  19. ↑ First Lady Awarded At ICDB Celebrations Progressive Africans of 11 December 2006
  20. ↑ Well Done GRTS! The Daily Observer of September 28, 2007
  21. ^ GRTS Wins Another Regional Award The Daily Observer of September 28, 2007
  22. ↑ Jammeh Leaves Gambia. In: Jollofnews. January 21, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2019 (American English).
  23. ^ Zineb Jammeh not in Dakar. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
  24. ↑ COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC BODIES, ENTERPRISES AND OFFICES AS REGARDS THEIR DEALINGS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH AND CONNECTED MATTERS REPORT VOLUME 9. Accessed January 14, 2020 .
  25. ↑ PRESIDENT HONOURS 58 PERSONALITIES ( Memento of February 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) of April 27, 2006
  26. ↑ Gambia: President Confers Awards On Over 700 Personalities Celebration of the Prestigious Awards Conferred On His Excellency & Awards Ceremony of the July 22nd Revolution. In: The Daily Observer. August 22, 2016, accessed January 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Jammeh, Zineb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jammeh, Zeinab; Jammeh, Zyneb; Zainab Yaya Suma of Rabat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian first lady
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Rabat , Morocco