Isatou Touray

Isatou Touray
Touray in 2017
10th Vice-President of the Gambia
In office
15 March 2019 – 4 May 2022
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byOusainou Darboe
Succeeded byBadara Joof
Minister of Health and Social Welfare
In office
9 July 2018 – 27 March 2019
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded bySaffie Lowe Ceesay
Succeeded byAhmadou Lamin Samateh
Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment
In office
1 February 2017 – 9 July 2018
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byAbdoulie Jobe
Succeeded byAmadou Sanneh
Personal details
Born (1955-03-17) 17 March 1955 (age 69)
Banjul, the Gambia
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Coalition 2016
Alma materUsmanu Danfodiyo University
International Institute of Social Studies
Institute of Development Studies

Isatou Touray (born 17 March 1955) is a Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016, before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet, as trade minister, and then as health minister. On 15 March 2019, Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia, replacing her predecessor, Ousainou Darboe in a major cabinet reshuffle.[1]

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