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Hon. Tangara, if elected, will succeed Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC – the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General and will be the second African to hold that post after Chief Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, who served between 1990 and 2000.
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC was born in Dominica and was their candidate for the post at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in 2015. She is the second Secretary-General from the Caribbean and the first woman to hold the post.
The Gambia government would need the support of other commonwealth countries including Nigeria to get Hon. Minister Tangara elected for the post.
Biography
H.E. Dr Mamadou Tangara is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the Republic of The Gambia. He was appointed Minister in 2018, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2012.A consummate diplomat, Dr Tangara also served as a distinguished member of the Gambian Foreign Service, in his capacity as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of The Gambia to the United Nations in New York. He is reputed for the crucial role played in getting The Gambia back to the comity of nations as PR and as Foreign Minister from 2017 to date. He also served asMinister of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology.
Executive Board/Chairmanship positions
Throughout his career, Dr Tangara represented The Gambia in various Executive Boards of the United Nations and other International Organisations. In January 2022, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - Division for Multilateral Diplomacy, a two-year term from January 2022 to December 2024.
He has also served as Executive Board Member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and UN Women;
