Fatou Bensouda
| Fatou Bensouda | |
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| Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
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Assumed office 15 June 2012 |
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| President |
Song Sang-Hyun Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi |
| Deputy | James Stewart |
| Preceded by | Luis Moreno Ocampo |
| Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
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In office 8 September 2004 – 15 June 2012 |
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| President |
Philippe Kirsch Sang-hyun Song |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | James Stewart |
| Minister of Justice Attorney General |
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In office 1998–2000 |
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| President | Yahya Jammeh |
| Preceded by | Hawa Sisay-Sabally |
| Succeeded by | Pap Cheyassin Secka |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 January 1961 Banjul, Gambia |
| Alma mater |
University of Ife Nigerian Law School International Maritime Law Institute |
| Religion | Islam |
Fatou Bom Bensouda (pronunciation: /fɑːˈtuː/ /bɛnˈsoʊdə/) née Nyang (born 31 January 1961) is a Gambian lawyer, former advisor of Yahya Jammeh, international criminal law prosecutor and legal adviser.
She has been the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor since June 2012, after having served as a Deputy Prosecutor in charge of the Prosecutions Division of the ICC since 2004 and having been minister of justice of The Gambia. She has held positions of Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Born on 31 January 1961 in Banjul (then Bathurst), the Gambia, Bensouda is the daughter of Omar Gaye Nyang, a wrestling promoter. She attended primary and secondary school in the Gambia before leaving for Nigeria where she graduated from the University of IFE with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree in 1986. The following year, she obtained her Barrister-at-Law (BL) professional qualification from the Nigeria Law School. She later became Ghana's first expert in maritime law after earning a master of laws from the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta.
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