Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (The Gambia)

Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia
Incumbent Mambury Njie since 29 June 2018
Member of	Cabinet of the Gambia
Reports to	President of the Gambia
Website	http://www.dosfea.gm/

The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs is a minister in the Cabinet of the Gambia who is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy.

History

In 1985, Minister of Finance Saikouba Sisay designed and implemented an Economic Recovery Programme.^[1] In 1992, a review of the Directorate of Customs commissioned by the Gambian government and performed by HM Customs and Excise found that the Gambian Minister of Finance granted duty waivers without sufficient acceptance guidelines, proper monitoring, or control of imports.^[2] In 1994, Minister of Finance Bakary B. Dabo was dismissed from the position because of his alleged involvement in the failed coup attempt of November 11.^[3]

Ministers of Finance and Economic Affairs

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Sheriff S. Sisay	1962	December 1967	^[4]
Sheriff Dibba	December 1967	9 October 1972	^[4]
Ibrahim Muhammadu Garba-Jahumpa	9 October 1972	1977	^[4]
Lamin Bora M’Boge	1977	1977	^[4]
Assan Musa Camara	1977	1978	^[4]
Momodou Cadija Cham	1978	January 1981	^[4]
Saihou S. Sabally	January 1981	1982	^[4]
Sheriff S. Sisay	1982	1989	^[4]
Saihou S. Sabally	1989	1992
Bakary Bunja Dabo	1992	10 October 1994	^[4]
Bala Garba Jahumpa	1994	1997	^[4]
Famara Jatta	1997	25 September 2003
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye	15 September 2003	June 2009
Abdou Kolley	June 2009	27 January 2011
Mambury Njie	27 January 2011	16 April 2012
Abdou Kolley	16 April 2012	10 July 2013
Kebba S. Touray	10 July 2013	16 March 2015
Abdou Kolley	16 March 2015	19 January 2017
Amadou Sanneh	1 February 2017	29 June 2018
Mambury Njie	29 June 2018	6 May 2022	^[5]
Seedy Keita	6 May 2022	Incumbent	^[6]

References

^ Chandra K. Patel (1997). Fiscal Reforms in the Least Developed Countries. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 9781782541486. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
^ Mamadou Dia (1996). Africa's Management in the 1990s and Beyond: Reconciling Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions. World Bank Publications. p. 46. ISBN 9780821334317. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
^ Jeanne A. K. Hey (2003). Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior. p. 122. ISBN 9781555879433. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Hughes, Arnold; Perfect, David (11 September 2008). Historical Dictionary of the Gambia. ISBN 9780810862609.
^ "Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency - Governors and Alternates" (PDF).
^ "Hon. Seedy Keita replaces Hon. Mambury Njie as the New Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs". www.mofea.gm.

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