Vice-President of the Gambia

Vice President of the
Republic of The Gambia
Vice President of the; Republic of The Gambia
	Coat of Arms
	Incumbent; Isatou Touray; since 15 March 2019
Appointer	President of the Gambia
Term length	5 years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Sheriff Mustapha Dibba
Formation	April 1970

The vice president of the Republic of The Gambia is the second highest political position in the Gambia.^[1] The office was created in April 1970, with the passing of the republican Constitution of the Gambia following the republic referendum. The Vice-President is appointed by the President and acts as constitutional successor of the President in case of a vacancy.^[2]

The post is currently held by Isatou Touray, since 15 March 2019.^[3]

Vice-Presidents, 1970–present[]

Name (Birth–Death)		Term of office		Political party
	Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (1937–2008)	1970	1972	PPP	Dawda Jawara
	Assan Musa Camara (1923–2013)	1972	1977	PPP
	Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982)	1977	1981	PPP
	Assan Musa Camara (1923–2013)	1981	May 1982	PPP
	(1946– )	May 1982	1992	PPP
		1992	22 July 1994 (deposed.)	PPP
Vacant (22 July 1994 – 20 March 1997)					AFPRC (Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council)
Vacant (22 July 1994 – 20 March 1997)					Yahya Jammeh
	Isatou Njie-Saidy (born 1952)	20 March 1997	18 January 2017 (resigned.)	APRC
Vacant (18 – 23 January 2017)
Vacant (18 – 23 January 2017)					Adama Barrow
	Fatoumata Tambajang (born 1949)	9 November 2017 Acting since 23 January 2017	29 June 2018	UDP
	Ousainou Darboe (born 1948)	29 June 2018	15 March 2019	UDP
	Isatou Touray (born 1955)	15 March 2019	Incumbent	Ind.

References[]

^ Office of Vice President Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Constitution of 1997" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
^ Taylor, Mildred Europa (16 March 2019). "Gambian leader Adama Barrow replaces Veep with woman". Face2FaceAfrica. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[1] Office of Vice President Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Constitution of 1997" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

[3] Taylor, Mildred Europa (16 March 2019). "Gambian leader Adama Barrow replaces Veep with woman". Face2FaceAfrica. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia
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Incumbent Isatou Touray since 15 March 2019
Appointer	President of the Gambia
Term length	5 years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Sheriff Mustapha Dibba
Formation	April 1970

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