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Fatoumata Tambajang | |
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.jpg) Tambajang in 2017 | |
| 8th Vice-President of the Gambia | |
| In office 9 November 2017 – 29 June 2018 Acting: 23 January 2017 – 9 November 2017 | |
| President | Adama Barrow |
| Preceded by | Isatou Njie-Saidy |
| Succeeded by | Ousainou Darboe |
| Minister of Women's Affairs | |
| In office 22 February 2017 – 29 June 2018 | |
| President | Adama Barrow |
| Preceded by | Isatou Njie-Saidy (as Secretary) |
| Succeeded by | Ousainou Darboe |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare | |
| In office 1994–1995 | |
| President | Yahya Jammeh |
| Preceded by | Landing J. Sonko |
| Succeeded by | Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1949[1] Brikama, the Gambia |
| Citizenship | Gambian |
| Political party | UDP |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition 2016 |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis |
| Ethnicity | Fula |
Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang[2] (born 22 October 1949[1][3]) is a Gambian politician and activist who served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018, under President Adama Barrow.
Early 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.
She was appointed as Vice-President by Barrow in January 2017, but was found ineligible due to constitutional age restrictions. She was instead made Minister of Women's Affairs overseeing the office of Vice-President, until the constitution was changed and she was formally sworn in as Vice-President in November 2017. Prior to her appointment, she had served as chair of Coalition 2016, the alliance of opposition political parties that had supported Barrow's candidacy in the 2016 presidential election.
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