Fatoumata Tambajang
| Fatoumata Tambajang | |
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Vice-President of the Gambia Acting |
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Assumed office 22 February 2017 |
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| President | Adama Barrow |
| Preceded by | Isatou Njie-Saidy |
| Minister of Women's Affairs | |
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Assumed office 22 February 2017 |
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| President | Adama Barrow |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare | |
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In office 1994–1995 |
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| President | Yahya Jammeh |
| Preceded by | Landing J. Sonko |
| Succeeded by | Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 October 1949 – 67 years old, or approximately 3 years younger Brikama, the Gambia |
| Citizenship | Gambian |
| Political party | UDP |
| Other political affiliations |
Coalition 2016 |
| Alma mater | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis |
Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang (born 22 October 1949 or about three years later) is a Gambian politician and activist who has served as the acting Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs since 22 February 2017, following her appointment by President Adama Barrow. Prior to her appointment, Tambajang was a senior member of Coalition 2016, the alliance of political opposition parties that supported Barrow in the 2016 presidential election, having served as its chair.
Earlier in her career she had been the chair of the Gambia National Women's Council and an advisor to Dawda Jawara, the first President of the Gambia as a nation independent from the colonial rule of the British Empire. After the military coup d'état in July 1994 that deposed the Jawara government, she held the post of Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare from 1994 to 1995 in the cabinet of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council.
Tambajang was born in Brikama, the Gambia. She was educated in the Gambia, Dakar and France. She completed a BA in French at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
Tambajang was an advisor to Dawda Jawara, the first President of the Gambia, on women's issues and children's affairs. She chaired the Gambia National Women's Council and represented it in the Gambia National Economic and Social Council for six years.
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