# Minister of Foreign Affairs (The Gambia)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, commonly known as just the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a cabinet position in the Gambia, appointed by the President of the Gambia. The minister oversees the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Gambia's external relations with foreign countries. The Minister is responsible for all Gambian embassies and diplomatic missions overseas and is assisted in this task by civil servants, including a Permanent Secretary, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Administration and Finance, a Deputy Permanent Secretary for Technical, and a Principal Assistant Secretary.

## List of ministers of foreign affairs
### Other factions

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | President |
| Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982) | 1965 | 1967 | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Sheriff Sisay (1935–1989) | 1967 | 1968 | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Andrew Camara (1923–2013) | 1968 | 1974 | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982) | July 1974 | 1977 | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Lamin Kiti Jabang (born 1942) | 1977 | 1987 | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Omar Sey (1941–2018) | 1987 | 22 July 1994 (Deposed in a coup) | PPP | Dawda Jawara |
| Bolong Sonko (born 1950) | 1994 | 1995 | Independent | Yahya Jammeh |
| Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (born 1955) | 1995 | 1997 | Independent | Yahya Jammeh |
| Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (born 1955) | 1995 | 1997 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Omar Njie (19..–2002) | 1997 | 1998 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (born 1944) | 1998 | 2001 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (born 1955) | 30 August 2001 | 14 October 2004 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Sidi Moro Sanneh (born 1947) | 14 October 2004 | 24 March 2005 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Musa Gibril Bala Gaye (born 1946) | 24 March 2005 | October 2005 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Lamin Kaba Bajo (born 1964) | October 2005 | 18 October 2006 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Maba Jobe (1964–2023) | 20 October 2006 | 26 October 2006 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Bala Garba Jahumpa (born 1958) | 26 October 2006 | September 2007 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Crispin Grey-Johnson (born 1946) | September 2007 | 19 March 2008 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Omar Touray (born 1965) | 19 March 2008 | September 2009 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Ousman Jammeh (born 1953) | September 2009 | June 2010 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Mamadou Tangara (born 1965) | June 2010 | 16 April 2012 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Mambury Njie (born 1962) | 16 April 2012 | 23 August 2012 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Mamadou Tangara (born 1965) | 23 August 2012 | 2 November 2012 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Susan Waffa-Ogoo (born 1960) | 2 November 2012 | 30 October 2013 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Aboubacar Senghore (born 1968) | 1 November 2013 | 9 April 2014 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Mamour Alieu Jagne (–) | 9 April 2014 | 15 August 2014 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Bala Garba Jahumpa (born 1958) | 25 August 2014 | 5 January 2015 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Neneh MacDouall-Gaye (born 1957) | 5 January 2015 | 16 January 2017 | APRC | Yahya Jammeh |
| Ousainou Darboe (born 1948) | 1 February 2017 | 29 June 2018 | UDP | Adama Barrow |
| Mamadou Tangara (born 1965) | 29 June 2018 | Incumbent | Independent | Adama Barrow |
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