Fatoumata Tambajang

We are speaking to the former Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018, under President Adama Barrow Her Excellency Fatoumata Tambajang. 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.