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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Fatoumata Tambajang</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_3_(35059631424).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_3_%2835059631424%29.jpg/220px-Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_3_%2835059631424%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_3_%2835059631424%29.jpg/330px-Aid_for_Trade_Global_Review_2017_%E2%80%93_Day_3_%2835059631424%29.jpg 1.5x, 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2017</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adama_Barrow" title="Adama Barrow">Adama Barrow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isatou_Njie-Saidy" title="Isatou Njie-Saidy">Isatou Njie-Saidy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ousainou_Darboe" title="Ousainou Darboe">Ousainou Darboe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Women%27s_Affairs_(The_Gambia)" title="Minister of Women&#39;s Affairs (The Gambia)">Minister of Women's Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 February 2017&#160;–&#32;29 June 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adama_Barrow" title="Adama Barrow">Adama Barrow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Isatou Njie-Saidy (as Secretary)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ousainou Darboe</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994–1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Jammeh" title="Yahya Jammeh">Yahya Jammeh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Landing J. Sonko</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nyimasata_Sanneh-Bojang" title="Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang">Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-10-22</span>) </span>22 October 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age&#160;75)</span><sup id="cite_ref-FatuNewVP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FatuNewVP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Brikama" title="Brikama">Brikama</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">the Gambia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data">Gambian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Gambia)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Democratic Party (Gambia)">UDP</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_2016" title="Coalition 2016">Coalition 2016</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nice_Sophia_Antipolis" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nice Sophia Antipolis">University of Nice Sophia Antipolis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fula_people" title="Fula people">Fula</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Aja Fatoumata C.M. Jallow-Tambajang</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (born 22 October 1949<sup id="cite_ref-FatuNewVP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FatuNewVP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scandal_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scandal-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambia">Gambian</a> politician and activist who served as <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Gambia" title="Vice-President of the Gambia">Vice-President of the Gambia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Women%27s_Affairs_(The_Gambia)" title="Minister of Women&#39;s Affairs (The Gambia)">Minister of Women's Affairs</a> from February 2017 to June 2018, under <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Adama_Barrow" title="Adama Barrow">Adama Barrow</a>. </p><p>Early in her career she had been the chair of the Gambia National Women's Council and an advisor to <a href="/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">President of the Gambia</a> as a nation <a href="/wiki/Gambia_Independence_Act_1964" title="Gambia Independence Act 1964">independent</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Gambia_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Gambia Colony and Protectorate">colonial rule</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/1994_Gambian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1994 Gambian coup d&#39;état">military <i>coup d'état</i></a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Provisional_Ruling_Council" title="Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council">Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Coalition_2016" title="Coalition 2016">Coalition 2016</a>, the alliance of opposition political parties that had supported Barrow's candidacy in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Gambian_presidential_election" title="2016 Gambian presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatoumata_Tambajang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tambajang was born in <a href="/wiki/Brikama" title="Brikama">Brikama</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">the Gambia</a>. She was educated in the Gambia, <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FatuNewVP_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FatuNewVP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She completed a BA in French at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nice_Sophia_Antipolis" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Nice Sophia Antipolis">University of Nice Sophia Antipolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatoumata_Tambajang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tambajang was an advisor to <a href="/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" title="President of the Gambia">President of the Gambia</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-FatuNewVP_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FatuNewVP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tambajang served as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare from 1994 to 1995 in the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Provisional_Ruling_Council" title="Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council">Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council</a> cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She was one of two female ministers in the cabinet, alongside <a href="/wiki/Susan_Waffa-Ogoo" title="Susan Waffa-Ogoo">Susan Waffa-Ogoo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She addressed the <a href="/wiki/International_Conference_on_Population_and_Development" title="International Conference on Population and Development">International Conference on Population and Development</a> in September 1994 on behalf of the Gambia.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She then went on to work for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a> (UNDP) and in the field of development,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> including 5 years in war-torn <a href="/wiki/Mano_River" title="Mano River">Mano River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, whilst working in the <a href="/wiki/African_Great_Lakes" title="African Great Lakes">African Great Lakes</a>, she was the victim of a rebel hostage situation.<sup id="cite_ref-FatuNewVP_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FatuNewVP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tambajang joined the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Gambia)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Democratic Party (Gambia)">United Democratic Party</a> (UDP) in April 2015, during the Fass stand-off with security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tambajang was a senior member of <a href="/wiki/Coalition_2016" title="Coalition 2016">Coalition 2016</a>, the alliance of political opposition parties that supported Barrow in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Gambian_presidential_election" title="2016 Gambian presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, and she also served as its chair. Following President <a href="/wiki/Yahya_Jammeh" title="Yahya Jammeh">Yahya Jammeh</a>'s defeat in the election, Tambajang declared that Jammeh would be prosecuted within a year. She also announced the creation of a national commission for asset recovery in order to reclaim what had allegedly been lost through corruption during Jammeh's tenure. On Jammeh, she told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> that "He can't leave. If he leaves, he's going to escape us."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Process_of_appointment_to_the_Vice-Presidency">Process of appointment to the Vice-Presidency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatoumata_Tambajang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Process of appointment to the Vice-Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Barrow's inauguration on 19 January 2017, on 23 January it was announced that Tambajang would serve as his <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_Gambia" title="Vice-President of the Gambia">Vice-President</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, after her selection, it was suggested that she was constitutionally ineligible to take on the role. This was because section 62(1)(b) of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Gambia" title="Constitution of the Gambia">Constitution of the Gambia</a> states that the Vice-President must meet the same age requirement as the President, establishing a maximum age of 65 at the time of entering the office – whereas Tambajang was reported to be 67 at the time of her selection.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the reports, she was not sworn in immediately to the post, although she disputed the reported age – saying she was only 64 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-Scandal_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scandal-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Barrow challenged the public to show proof that she was above age 65.<sup id="cite_ref-Scandal_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scandal-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In February, she was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Women%27s_Affairs_(The_Gambia)" title="Minister of Women&#39;s Affairs (The Gambia)">Minister of Women's Affairs</a>, with oversight of the vice-president's office.<sup id="cite_ref-Appoints5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Appoints5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 February 2017, the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Gambia" title="National Assembly of the Gambia">National Assembly</a> tried to approve a change to the constitution to eliminate the age limit.<sup id="cite_ref-AFPscraps_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFPscraps-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Halifa_Sallah" title="Halifa Sallah">Halifa Sallah</a>, the spokesman for the transitional government and an advisor to President Barrow, said that the proper procedure had not been followed for amending the constitution, and that the action needed to be revisited and such a change would take an additional several months to properly accomplish (according to section 226 of the constitution).<sup id="cite_ref-WillCorrect_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WillCorrect-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Section 62 was amended by <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Gambia" title="National Assembly of the Gambia">National Assembly of the Gambia</a> on 25 July with the presidential age-limit being removed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Her appointment as Vice-President was confirmed by the President on 8 September and after finalization of her appointment, she was expected to be sworn-in.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> President Barrow announced officially appointing her as Vice-President on 9 November.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vice-Presidency">Vice-Presidency</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatoumata_Tambajang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Vice-Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tambajang was awarded 'New African Woman of the Year Award' by <i>New African Woman Magazine</i> in April 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In March 2017, Tambajang joined the Crans Montana African Women's Forum Honorary Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During a cabinet reshuffle on 29 June 2018, Tambajang was redeployed to the foreign service.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fatoumata_Tambajang&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tambajang is from the <a href="/wiki/Fula_people" title="Fula people">Fula ethnic group</a> and resides in <a 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