Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gambia
Coat of arms of the Gambia
Incumbent Mamadou Tangara since 29 June 2018
Appointer	President of the Gambia
Inaugural holder	Alieu Badara Njie
Formation	18 February 1965

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, commonly known as just the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a cabinet position in the Gambia, appointed by the President of the Gambia. The minister oversees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Gambia's external relations with foreign countries. The Minister is responsible for all Gambian embassies and diplomatic missions overseas and is assisted in this task by civil servants, including a Permanent Secretary, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Administration and Finance, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Technical, and a Principal Assistant Secretary.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1965–present

Name (Birth–Death)		Term of office		Political party	President
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982)	1965	1967	PPP	rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Dawda Jawara
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Sheriff Sisay (1935–1989)	1967	1968	PPP
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Andrew Camara (1923–2013)	1968	1974	PPP
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982)	July 1974	1977	PPP
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Lamin Kiti Jabang (1942–)	1977	1987	PPP
style="background-color: Template:People's Progressive Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Omar Sey (1941–2018)	1987	1994	PPP
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color" |	Bolong Sonko (1950–)	1994	1995	Ind.	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color" |	AFPRC (Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council)
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politics)/meta/color" |	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1955–)	1995	1997	Ind.
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |				APRC	rowspan="20" style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Yahya Jammeh
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Omar Njie (19..–2002)	1997	1998	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (1944–)	1998	2001	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1955–)	30 August 2001	14 October 2004	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Sidi Moro Sanneh (1947–)	14 October 2004	24 March 2005	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (1946–)	24 March 2005	October 2005	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Lamin Kaba Bajo (1964–)	October 2005	18 October 2006	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Maba Jobe (1965?–)	20 October 2006	26 October 2006	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Bala Garba Jahumpa (1958–)	26 October 2006	September 2007	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Crispin Grey-Johnson (1946–)	September 2007	19 March 2008	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Omar Touray (1965–)	19 March 2008	September 2009	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Ousman Jammeh (1953–)	September 2009	June 2010	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Mamadou Tangara (1965–)	June 2010	16 April 2012	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Mambury Njie (1962–)	16 April 2012	23 August 2012	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Mamadou Tangara (1965–)	23 August 2012	2 November 2012	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Susan Waffa-Ogoo (1960–)	2 November 2012	30 October 2013	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Aboubacar Senghore (1968–)	1 November 2013	9 April 2014	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Mamour Alieu Jagne (–)	9 April 2014	15 August 2014	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Bala Garba Jahumpa (1958–)	25 August 2014	5 January 2015	APRC
style="background-color: Template:Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction/meta/color" |	Neneh MacDouall-Gaye (1957–)	5 January 2015	16 January 2017	APRC
style="background-color: Template:United Democratic Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Ousainou Darboe (1948–)	1 February 2017	29 June 2018	UDP	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:United Democratic Party (Gambia)/meta/color" |	Adama Barrow
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Mamadou Tangara (1965–)	29 June 2018	Incumbent	Ind.

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