Abubacarr Tambadou

Abubacarr Tambadou
Tambadou in December 2019
Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Assumed office
1 July 2020
Preceded byOlufemi Elias
Minister of Justice
Attorney General
In office
7 February 2017 – 30 June 2020
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byMama Fatima Singhateh
Succeeded byDawda A. Jallow
Personal details
Born
Abubacarr Marie Tambadou

(1972-12-12) 12 December 1972 (age 51)
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
SOAS, University of London

Abubacarr Marie "Ba" Tambadou (born 12 December 1972) is a Gambian lawyer and politician who is currently the Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, an international court founded by the United Nations Security Council. From 2017 to 2020, Tambadou served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Gambian President Adama Barrow's cabinet.

Tambadouwas included in Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2020, in recognition of his leadership in prosecuting Myanmar for the Rohingya genocide.[1]

  1. ^ "Abubacarr Tambadou: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.