Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs (Gambia)

Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of The Gambia
Incumbent Abdou Kolley since 16 March 2015
Member of	Cabinet of the Gambia
Reports to	President of the Gambia
Website	http://www.dosfea.gm/

The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs is a minister in the Cabinet of the Gambia who is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy. In 1985, Minister of Finance Saikouba Sisay designed and implemented an Economic Recovery Programme.^[1] In 1992, a review of the Directorate of Customs commissioned by the Gambian government and performed by HM Customs and Excise found that the Gambian Minister of Finance granted duty waivers without sufficient acceptance guidelines, proper monitoring, or control of imports.^[2] In 1994, Minister of Finance Bakary B. Dabo was dismissed from the position because of his alleged involvement in the failed coup attempt of November 11.^[3]

List of Ministers of Finance and Economic Affairs

Photo	Name	Term of office		Notes
	Bala Garba Jahumpa	1994	1997
	Musa Gibril Bala Gaye	25 September 2003	March 2005
	Musa Gibril Bala Gaye	November 2005	June 2009
	Abdou Kolley	June 2009	March 2010
	Abdou Kolley	21 July 2010	27 January 2011
	Mambury Njie	February 2011	16 April 2012
	Abdou Kolley	16 April 2012	10 July 2013
	Kebba S. Touray	10 July 2013	16 March 2015
	Abdou Kolley	16 March 2015	Incumbent

References

1. Chandra K. Patel (1997). Fiscal Reforms in the Least Developed Countries. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 111. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
2. Mamadou Dia (1996). Africa's Management in the 1990s and Beyond: Reconciling Indigenous and Transplanted Institutions. World Bank Publications. p. 46. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
3. Jeanne A. K. Hey. Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior. p. 122. Retrieved 2011-05-20.